Example sentences of "but [adv] [that] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 2 | Well maybe it 's not really right , but , but perhaps that I 'd have thought it would be alright . |
| 3 | Whatever I learnt , I shared with Joe , not , I 'm afraid , so that he would be more educated , but so that I would be less ashamed of him in front of Estella . |
| 4 | This does n't mean that I have slopped believing , but only that I believe in my own way . |
| 5 | This does not mean that I like to be led by the nose , but only that I would appreciate a little extra guidance ’ . |
| 6 | But not that I was looking or anything like that ! |
| 7 | But not that I like |
| 8 | well I 'm sorry but from where I 'm looking at it sixty two but not that I 've thought about it in any depth but |
| 9 | Well she might erm no she 's never , I do n't think , I do n't think she ever has said anything , she might have said it once but not that I can recall mys oh does n't that look lovely with all them petals falling off the tree ? |
| 10 | I was very pleased , not only with the pipes , but also that I was now playing them again . |
| 11 | I know that I am a thing made of metal and plastic , but also that I am something which lives inside that metal and plastic . |
| 12 | It was a fight but now that I am at college you can believe I am the happiest girl around here . |
| 13 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 14 | But now that I think further about it , I am not sure Miss Kenton spoke quite so boldly that day . |
| 15 | ‘ But now that I have made myself available for England again it 's important to be part of this Championship . ’ |
| 16 | I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts , then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter , but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job . |
| 17 | Perhaps I just had n't noticed before , but now that I did , it seemed that funerals , and allied subjects , were very much the in thing . |
| 18 | But now that I am , you see Marion as a threat to your position . |
| 19 | ‘ My first aim has to be success with Llanelli but now that I 've accepted this position I 'm going to be totally committed to developing Welsh rugby ’ . |
| 20 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 21 | But now that I look at her , I 've changed my mind . ’ |
| 22 | I had tried hard to destroy all feelings of love for him , but now that I saw him again , I could not stop myself loving him . |
| 23 | ‘ I just was n't sure what this mystery was all about , that 's all , but now that I know , I — ’ |
| 24 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
| 25 | So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility |
| 26 | I waited till we heard him on the stairs , then told them how I had offered to drive this run , but now that I was a passenger it would be against the rules . |
| 27 | ‘ No pressure , but now that I know about Francisco it makes sense to leave them as soon as I find something suitable . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 29 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 30 | But simply that I can not see a case |