Example sentences of "but i [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be poached in water or stock , but I prefer to cook it in the microwave , then coat it with the black butter . |
| 2 | Such a given behaviour ( innate is the conventional term , but I prefer to avoid it if possible , for it carries along with it a load of redundant ideological baggage ) ensures that appropriate responses are made to particular stimuli without the need for trial-and-error learning , but at the expense of limits to both the range and the flexibility of the response . |
| 3 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 4 | But I came to feel it would be a step backwards for me to abort the pregnancy , that it would n't be moving my life forward . |
| 5 | I am sorry that Labour Members do not like to hear what they themselves said , but I intend to repeat it . |
| 6 | He said , I know my English is n't correct , but I try to make it correct . |
| 7 | But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down . |
| 8 | He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad ! |
| 9 | This is Albert 's entry to the solo ; I seem to recall Emmy playing this in E♭ , but I 've written it in the key of D so that you wo n't have to ‘ capo-up ’ at the first fret . |
| 10 | But I 've written it in such an open-ended way |
| 11 | Never in my time but I 've heard it spoken about here . |
| 12 | ‘ But I 've made it with United and now I want the chance to show what I can do at the highest level of all . ’ |
| 13 | But I 've lost it forever . |
| 14 | I know but I 've turned it off , so my electric bill will be sky high . |
| 15 | It 's the first time I 've said that word since Gerry died , but I 've said it now . |
| 16 | Basically , I did s , well if you want a technically but I 've said it comes out of the er , identified savings of the Chief Executive 's department as already ma er made . |
| 17 | Managers have n't been pleased but I 've done it . |
| 18 | I have n't done it easily but I 've done it and I 'm pleased . |
| 19 | But I 've done it sometimes with a pair of tweezers . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 've seen it . |
| 21 | I have n't I have n't bought it but I 've seen it . |
| 22 | But I 've seen it and sort of . |
| 23 | one of them thingies , one of them jacks , and then you 've got one of them , I do n't even , I do n't know what they 're called but I 've seen it before |
| 24 | yes , but I 've seen it |
| 25 | but I 've kept it from all the years . |
| 26 | This did n't happen last year and I was cross it did n't but I 've organized it so that it will this year . |
| 27 | and the other , the rest of it is on the end of that , but I 've wound it almost back to the beginning , that 's Fantasia at the beginning of the tape |
| 28 | But I 've got it in hand . ’ |
| 29 | God knows where , but I 've got it . |
| 30 | She might have it up there but I 've got it up there . |