Example sentences of "but i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 No one but me knows he is smiling because his mouth does not move .
2 But I meant what I said ; providing she stops attacking you , she 'll always be welcome with us , ’ Travis reiterated his promise .
3 It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ .
4 What about that , but I meant she got ta think about , she 'll want children of own and then she 'll have chi
5 But I meant it .
6 The water 's real cold , but I wash my face anyhow .
7 Yeah but I trust her I do n't know
8 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 .
9 There are , however , some hostile tribes far in the interior , but I trust he has sufficient prudence not to venture within their district .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 I have not discussed the essays by d " Auzac , Asher , Frowe , McGonigal , Seitz and Gibson , but I recommend them to the reader 's attention .
13 But I knew they were living in the past , knew too that there was no way that Allan Wells was going to beat me .
14 Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka .
15 But I knew they came from my convict , and I felt that having criminal friends made me more common than ever .
16 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 .
17 A slight exaggeration but I knew what he meant .
18 But I knew what Robins meant .
19 I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly .
20 I was n't totally prepared but I knew what it was like .
21 But I knew what was really worrying her at that moment .
22 She did n't say which few , but I knew what she meant .
23 But I knew what I 'd be confronted with at the hospital — my mother speechless and locked in a paralysed body .
24 Anyway , at about half past two , I got up to go to the loo and my waters broke — just a trickle , but I knew what it was .
25 I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside .
26 But I knew what I had to do , so I did it . ’
27 ‘ Yeah , but I knew we 'd win .
28 So we lost , but I knew we would .
29 ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’
30 I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’
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