Example sentences of "but i [verb] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew it was the toad . |
| 2 | It did n't feel like much at the time , but I knew it was him . |
| 3 | ‘ We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’ |
| 4 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 5 | But I knew it was useless to try to make up for all his losses . |
| 6 | But I knew it was ultrasonics that made me afraid . |
| 7 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
| 8 | She was still wearing her slinky felinoid disguise , with mask , but I knew it was her . |
| 9 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 10 | But before she could say anything , he was continuing , ‘ You said it was Arnie , but I knew it was n't . |
| 11 | I tried to tell myself it was purely physical and you were just an object of desire , but I knew it was more than that . ’ |
| 12 | But I knew it was more serious . |
| 13 | So I think that 's a thing of the future , but I hope it 's not too far in the future . |
| 14 | The emphasis of the book from now on is of a pragmatic nature , but I hope it is a sanctified pragmatism applied to operating within and shaping the contemporary manifestations of the Church of Christ . |
| 15 | I do not recognize it , but I hope it is as sturdy as his previous ones of ‘ modish punk ’ and ‘ jazzy café soul ’ |
| 16 | but I hope it was the the gist of it , and I 'm sure someone will correct me if I 've got it wrong . |
| 17 | Yes now what I meant was that , that erm in a group like this , the the th th the leader or the leadership role may be relatively minimal and the individualism of the members may be relevant , but I hope it was cos I I think it 's a mistake for class in groups and that so one would hope in this kind of group , the individual variation would be so important that these kind of group phenomena that Freud is talking about in this book but clearly in other groups they 're they 're more important , partly because you can never organize a group by kind of having a meeting with everybody . |
| 18 | Well I says I 'm very sorry but I says it 's six miles away in a store , we do n't attend stores in the evening , I 've nobody to come d I 've got Where the hell do you think I 'm going to sleep tonight ? |
| 19 | I am not a scholar but I saw it was personally annotated by your king . |
| 20 | ‘ But I wished it was n't , ’ Paddy said . |
| 21 | Anyway erm I think we totally support the thrust of what you 're asking about and I was asked to make a special appeal to County Council to see whether they could assist with this recently established Rural Options Land Bank , the purpose of which is rather extraordinary , but I mean it is defined landowners who have a philanthropic bent to provide the land to do something about the very problem you 've raised . |
| 22 | No but I mean it is . |
| 23 | it 's basic but I mean it is a nice |
| 24 | There is but I mean it is |
| 25 | But I mean it is Never mind . |
| 26 | Yes but I mean it is very tiring . |
| 27 | Though , it 's just that , one of the things that Caroline actually , er working on with Warwick University is a way of re-looking at public services and how there funded right , it 's basically to help David to make the case with Margaret Margaret for more money with the local Government , but erm I mean the sort of things we 've been getting into is like when you considering paying for public services , should you , should you pay like in advance like through the National Insurance System or like , like I mean the French Health Service for example , people pay it for ambulances when they use them , though they pay on a differential rate , but I mean it 's an issue to debate , it 's right , and I 've just been thinking about lavatory while you 've been speaking . |
| 28 | to sort of see some way around it , but I mean it 's a , it 's a problem of the scheduling both by the theatres |
| 29 | So you , you , you I , I know what you 're saying but I mean it 's , it 's plain |
| 30 | Aye , well I played against men , but , but I mean it 's not the same . |