Example sentences of "but i [verb] my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not every day , nor as often as I would wish , but I took my middle daughter to see it yesterday and we hugged it together , and two days before that I hugged it with a friend . |
| 2 | ‘ But I took my English books with me . ’ |
| 3 | I was tipsy But I heard my twotiming lips say You 're my true |
| 4 | But I received my first one of these from er from Lloyds er Black Knights er services because I was in I was about fifteen miles away . |
| 5 | I appreciate that the number of cases in which the taker and driver away is not the driver who goes on to cause personal injury or damage will be comparatively few , but I ask my right hon. Friend whether it is necessary to make such a draconian change in the traditional principles of British law , or to do it by reversing the normal burden of proof . |
| 6 | NO BUT I REMEMBER MY FIRST FLIGHT WITH YOU , CAPTAIN . |
| 7 | But I take my immediate clue from the American critic , Norman Holland : ‘ unity is to the text as identity is to a person ; or you could say , identity is the unity I find in a person when I look at him as if he were a text . ’ |
| 8 | We are doing what we can , but I take my hon. Friend 's point that it has been an ongoing saga for some time now . |
| 9 | Well no , well I mean like we do I mean I mean but I mean my gross up about three hundred over Tony 's but I put in many hours right ? |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | That was all very well , but I had my own position to consider . |
| 12 | He could be quite maddening at times , but I had my own concerns and had to leave it at that . |
| 13 | ‘ But I bet my bottom dollar she is n't . ’ |
| 14 | But I kept my big mouth shut . |
| 15 | I may be a layman in terms of aero-space , but I know my own country and I know military thinking . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I did not take it personally , but I thank my hon. Friend none the less . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | You can rook your employers for as much as you want if you must , but I pay my own way , ’ she said firmly . |
| 20 | I believe that we are right to wait until the independent report has been received , but I assure my right hon. Friend and the House that all EC partners who have worked well together on this are carefully considering future relations in the light of what appears to have happened , as shown on the video which so many of us have seen and which the families of the people involved have had to witness in their suffering . |
| 21 | The European Commission is in dispute with the German Government over the level of their production subsidies , but I assure my hon. Friend that imports from Germany are minimal and that the real competition for the British coal mining industry comes from other fuels . |
| 22 | And Blake admitted : ‘ Obviously I would love to play , but I run my own business and Friday is the busiest day of the week . |
| 23 | And Blake admitted : ‘ Obviously I would love to play , but I run my own business and Friday is the busiest day of the week . |
| 24 | Not only am I happy to join my hon. Friend in congratulating that successful exporter , but I congratulate my hon. Friend on the energetic and effective way in which he has supported Beloit Walmsley in winning those contracts . |
| 25 | I love him but I value my good opinion of myself more . |
| 26 | As I have said , we have seen enormous changes , but I advise my right hon. Friends on the Treasury Bench and all hon. Members who will continue to serve in Parliament in the coming years that the changes that have taken place in those countries in the past few years could well be repeated on an enormous scale in other countries . |
| 27 | ‘ It is frustrating but I tried my best and it 's no point getting angry . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But I do my best . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not a very good Muslim , ’ he said , ‘ but I do my best . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Lawler will be upset that I 'm only bringing him eight brace , but I did my best , ’ Maggie said as they pulled away . |