Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 2 | Tuathal said , ‘ If you mean , did any of our Fife men defect , then the answer is yes , but I killed them both . |
| 3 | But I noted them all down with the dignified " we " , for he and I now agreed . |
| 4 | ‘ A vague suspicion as yet but I tell you this : if the murderer strikes again , it will be against us , Roger , so be on your guard ! ’ |
| 5 | In all honesty the difficulties are formidable , but I tell you this , for too many years trade unionism has been in the doldrums and with such a prize , however difficult to achieve , it would be a betrayal of our heritage and a betrayal of our members if we do n't give it a good hard try . |
| 6 | But I tell you this — even if the corpse is not James 's , Surrey himself assured me that no royal personage could escape from that battle . |
| 7 | But I tell you this , Roger , Moodie was innocent of any crime . |
| 8 | But I keep it all in ; it 's far more exciting . |
| 9 | He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more . |
| 10 | Well , but I ask you that one . |
| 11 | It is great to be here , but I miss you all and look forward to being with you again soon . |
| 12 | I know they say I am a celebrity , but I take it all with a pinch of salt . |
| 13 | Can I jump from this , they 're all interconnected , over to question of magistrates , one of the questions in the notes , really , it points out that there are about , not quite , but er , about two third of magistrates are men , and about a third women , erm , is there , is that because of history , and shall , because they 're are more women than men , I mean logically , because there are more women than men in the community , there should be more women magistrates than men , should n't there , on the on the basis of presentation , I take it that , I do n't know the figures , but I take it that er , more and more women now are er , being , accepting , the called , of course , to be magistrate , you did n't have any choice once , do you in a way . |
| 14 | But I mean we all are . |
| 15 | Some may find this tedious , but I enjoyed them all . |
| 16 | But I ruined my own life — and more importantly I ruined Ashi 's too — because I refused to admit that I was what I was . ’ |
| 17 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |
| 18 | That was all very well , but I had my own position to consider . |
| 19 | He could be quite maddening at times , but I had my own concerns and had to leave it at that . |
| 20 | ‘ No , but I know what some of the bits are called , ’ said Masklin . |
| 21 | But I know me own daughter well enough to know that she does n't want to lock herself inside a convent for the rest of her life . |
| 22 | I may be a layman in terms of aero-space , but I know my own country and I know military thinking . |
| 23 | I am young , naïve perhaps , all the things you said , but I know my own mind , I know what you did to him , what you 're doing to me . |
| 24 | But I er it was about two f yeah , I put a fiver , but I put it each way , so |
| 25 | But I got my own back — at the time I was writing a column for the Guardian , so I wrote '20 Things You Did n't Know About the Editor of The Sun ’ — the Editor of The Sun wears his pyjamas over his head and he has twelve daughters , all called Spot . |
| 26 | You can rook your employers for as much as you want if you must , but I pay my own way , ’ she said firmly . |
| 27 | Well you can but I suppose it all the juices you know , have a better taste on than if you |
| 28 | ‘ But I promised you that painting on your wedding day , and I had to send it . ’ |
| 29 | The girls I knew at COHQ thought he was particularly unattractive , but I expect his own girls applied different criteria . |
| 30 | At some time during my second afternoon at the centre , a Bonny Baby competition was held , but I missed it all in a blur of Mickeys . |