Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one but me knows he is smiling because his mouth does not move . |
| 2 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 3 | What about that , but I meant she got ta think about , she 'll want children of own and then she 'll have chi |
| 4 | But I meant it . |
| 5 | Yeah but I trust her I do n't know |
| 6 | Erm the next session is rather hard work for you cos it 's very much sort of listening and absorbing a hell of a lot of facts , but I trust you will bear with me . |
| 7 | There are , however , some hostile tribes far in the interior , but I trust he has sufficient prudence not to venture within their district . |
| 8 | But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it . |
| 9 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 10 | I have not discussed the essays by d " Auzac , Asher , Frowe , McGonigal , Seitz and Gibson , but I recommend them to the reader 's attention . |
| 11 | But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me . |
| 12 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 13 | But I knew they came from my convict , and I felt that having criminal friends made me more common than ever . |
| 14 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 15 | ‘ Yeah , but I knew we 'd win . |
| 16 | So we lost , but I knew we would . |
| 17 | ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’ |
| 18 | I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’ |
| 19 | He thought : I knew this man , not well but I knew him . |
| 20 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |
| 21 | He was born in France , but I knew him in Persia . |
| 22 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He is not the most robust horse but I knew he was in good shape . |
| 24 | He was a bit suspicious I must admit when I bought him those Janet Reger nighties but I knew he 'd never get the chance to wear them . |
| 25 | If I wrote , his answer might well be on a postcard , but I knew he understood and cared . ’ |
| 26 | But I knew he was having a sleep . |
| 27 | But I knew he might not take this view — it is only hindsight that makes you take it , and he was not old enough for hindsight . |
| 28 | ‘ He went very quiet but I knew he was upset . |
| 29 | But I knew he would . |
| 30 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |