Example sentences of "but [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them . |
| 2 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 3 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 4 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 5 | But mostly I imagined you asleep , left utterly to yourself in a situation where my own absence from your life did not matter : |
| 6 | But mostly I try not to think about him at all . |
| 7 | But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on . |
| 8 | I wore this dress to work today , because we had a meeting , but mostly I wear what I want . |
| 9 | Livers fail because of cancer , or hepatitis , or drug overdose , but mostly I suppose because they are assailed by alcohol and just ca n't cope . |
| 10 | When speaking to him I made no reference to the writer to the Hebrews , to the apostle Paul , to Moses or to the apostle Peter , but rather I concentrated on what the Lord Jesus Christ had to say on the subject . |
| 11 | My three-piece was wringing wet , but eventually I dried it out , and the rest I just bagged together . |
| 12 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 13 | The initial research provided nothing , but eventually I discovered the scientific name and came up with a photograph of Synbranchus marmoratus , also known as the Marbled Swamp Eel . |
| 14 | ‘ It took me three attempts to land the fish but eventually I managed to bring it in to the bank and my mate Paul scooped the net under it . |
| 15 | Melville explains , ‘ The downside got overlooked because of the crusading side , but eventually I got the sex mag blues . |
| 16 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 17 | I 'm totally left-handed , but eventually I learned the bottleneck style used by blues singers . |
| 18 | But eventually I settled down . |
| 19 | Well at one time , I was able to cope with that , but eventually I found myself taking three and four weeks to do it , y'know , with time wasting for going out trying to score and stuff like this , just to feel as though I could cope with the job . |
| 20 | It was an absolute brute but eventually I did manage to dig it all out . |
| 21 | Mother says money is n't important , but secretly I disagree with her . |
| 22 | The most moving thing that ever happened to them , they say — but secretly I think it is all to do with stealing thunder from the women . |
| 23 | But bitterly I regret that I needed another man 's hands to help me , and he in ignorance . ’ |
| 24 | In view of my deficiencies , I avoided the NV and stuck to the library ; but little I read remained in my mind . |
| 25 | So there is a flow of American source in , but less I think in terms of building a new factory on green field , a green site , and more of erm , buying an existing operation |
| 26 | But perhaps I desire to make my peace with the man who did . ’ |
| 27 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 28 | But perhaps I go too fast . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not sure what time he 'll be through with his meeting , but perhaps I 'd better get back to the hotel and show willing just in case he 's there . ’ |
| 30 | But perhaps I 've been misinformed , like , for I understand you do n't read the Bible . ’ |