Example sentences of "but i [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't put my style on , but I am influenced by how people skate . |
| 2 | But I am troubled that he mentions the deaths of British servicemen without any references to the closing of the gates of Mandatory Palestine to the desperate refugees who tried to leave Nazi Germany but found the rest of Europe and the Jewish homeland closed to them . |
| 3 | But I am determined to fight back , and where I think that they 've gone over the top , I 'll take them to court . |
| 4 | Whaddon boss , Les Bence , told us ‘ The competition might seem one-sided what with all the other teams being school sides and us also getting a bye until the semi-finals , but I am determined to see at least one cup in our cabinet this season . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm sure you 've heard it thousands of times before but I am fed up with the way I look . |
| 6 | I can not speak for Tish , but I am painted out . |
| 7 | I have never been able to understand why anyone would want to wake up at the dead of night ( 5 a.m. ) to go and paddle a canoe , but I am assured that the challenge is worth it . |
| 8 | I do not answer , nor do I open my eyes , but I am stirred by the relentless bleep and static of the answerphone ; words , artificial like a megaphone , filtering through . |
| 9 | But I am bound to agree with Kenneth Tynan who wrote this definition of a critic : ‘ A man who knows the way but ca n't drive the car . ’ |
| 10 | This is not a suitable case in which to reopen the matter but I am bound to say that this case seems to show that there is room for an exception where examining the proceedings in Parliament would almost certainly settle the matter immediately one way or the other . |
| 11 | But I am bound to say that I have some doubts . |
| 12 | I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent . |
| 13 | It may not be strictly within my remit , but I am fascinated by the amount of space that is being lavished , particularly by the Sunday Times , on the new list of ‘ The Best of Young British Novelists ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I think you have many sources of life , ’ said Franca , ‘ but I am touched by your gratitude . ’ |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I 've got just £476 from them but I am owed about £1,300 . |
| 16 | ‘ But I am ruined whatever — ‘ |
| 17 | But I am flattered at being considered . ’ |
| 18 | But I am plagued by the thought that we have arrived at a moment in history when this is about to be swept away . |
| 19 | We have to keep destinations secret in wartime , but I am authorized to say that it will be somewhere fairly unpleasant . |
| 20 | But I am sorted out ! |
| 21 | ‘ It is not , sir , ’ she said calmly , ‘ but I am driven to it . |
| 22 | But I am stifled in Riva 's fist ; I do n't think Rainbow hears me . |
| 23 | But I am held by the sound of Summerchild 's voice . |
| 24 | Chairman Andrew Wassell , who has been asked by the Takeover Panel to clarify his comments to the Guardian on Wednesday about the level of acceptances , said : ‘ It is much too soon to know but I am encouraged by the efforts we are making in winning support for our bid . ’ . |
| 25 | Chairman Andrew Wassell , who has been asked by the Takeover Panel to clarify his comments to the Guardian on Wednesday about the level of acceptances , said : ‘ It is much too soon to know but I am encouraged by the efforts we are making in winning support for our bid . ’ . |
| 26 | The full vessels are left on the empty shore , they are for use but I am carried to the river in your arms , and I dance to the rhythms of your heart-throbs and heaving of the waves . |
| 27 | ‘ But I am allowed in the streets , with my escort . |
| 28 | ‘ But I am allowed to say I was deeply disappointed , because he let things go on which I 've never seen before in my time back in England . |
| 29 | But I am resolved that if it must be so I will obtain permission from the Brownings to have my husband journey to England at the end of the holiday and bring his son back with him . |
| 30 | Next year Minnie I will be forty and hardly able to believe it but I am resolved to make great changes with the help of a hard winter 's work . |