Example sentences of "but [prep] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for me you came |
| 2 | But for me you came sooner than you expected . |
| 3 | But for me I ca n't . |
| 4 | Er it was er their social evening but for me I was n't er very enjoyable . |
| 5 | But for me it was Couples 's play of the long 15th that marked him down as a most worthy champion . |
| 6 | But for me it 's been well worthwhile . |
| 7 | It ca n't have been very pleasant for the sand-martin , but for me it was a magical moment ; to possess , momentarily , such a beautiful , wild creature . |
| 8 | But for me it fails to provide an easily understandable route to the basic explanations which are lurking there wrapped up in just too much verbiage to be really accessible . |
| 9 | But for me it 's the smaller scale works that really succeed : Harle 's enjoyable arrangement of Ellington/Mills 's Caravan for example is more like an Intercity 125 than a rolling camel train , while the exoticism of Isfahan ( from the ‘ Far East Suite ’ — available on RCA Bluebird , by the way ) is all but drowned in the sweet smell of strings ; compare to Ellington 's original spicy reeds ! |
| 10 | I have a certain nostalgic respect for that kind of 1970s ' ultra-Leftist-womanist impossibilism , but for me it has two major problems . |
| 11 | But for me it 's the condition of working . |
| 12 | John took it coolly enough , but for me it was the tenderest agony , particularly at first . |
| 13 | We 're all outsiders in our way , but for me it was even worse than most . |
| 14 | ‘ Some people liked trains , but for me it was Royals . |
| 15 | Sue will be so happy , but for me it 's like the end of a long dream . |
| 16 | But for me it 's a bit like a tennis match — I get tired of turning my head from side to side listening to you . ’ |
| 17 | It was going to be used as a gardening shed for tomatoes but for me it has been the history and finding out about its past that has been the fun . |
| 18 | But for me he is good for he exercises my patience , my good disposition and my kindness . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It would be right in some ways for big stars like Jack Nicholson or William Hurt , but to me they are too old , ’ she said . |
| 20 | They were thirteen or at the most fourteen years old , but to me they were very grand grown-ups . |
| 21 | The last four lines of this sonnet are seldom quoted , but to me they represent Shakespeare at his best , that intimate tone and unforced style of which Angel Day 's account of the personal letter is so apt a description : ‘ the familiar and mutuall talke of one absent friend to another … simple , plaine , and of the lowest and meanest stile ’ — yet how expressive : It is rare , even in his poetry , to find traditional tropes reanimated with such freshness and simplicity . |
| 22 | But to me they 're all heavily set up and contrived . |
| 23 | To you it 's just home , but to me it 's the place I 've been trying to get to . |
| 24 | But to me it 's innately dishonest to make claims that a cream that is basically oil and water is going to take grief and stress and fifty years of living in the sun off your face . |
| 25 | The nut is scalloped ; some players like it , but to me it 's an ugly feature . |
| 26 | ‘ I know all the hype will surround myself but to me it 's about the Rovers lads who have got us where we are . ’ |
| 27 | It was n't exactly a naturalist 's dream , but to me it was the Great Outdoors , an unexplored wilderness . |
| 28 | ‘ But to me it 's my life . |
| 29 | Some runners talk in mystical terms of a ‘ high ’ , but to me it simply resembles a perfect golf swing or tennis shot when you hit straight through the ball without any thought or any inhibition , and the result is invariably perfect . |
| 30 | It is of type F5 , and theoretically should be yellowish , but to me it always looks pure white . |