Example sentences of "but i [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I starve like any Frenchman ! ’ |
| 2 | I am , by nature , one of the latter , but I yearn to be one of the former , and many years of travelling has led me to a kind of uneasy compromise . |
| 3 | But I yearn for a child or even children . |
| 4 | They are certainly making such preparations as have never been made to invade this island since the Spanish Armada ; but I trust in God and Lord Anson . |
| 5 | ‘ They are certainly making such preparations as have never been made to invade this island since the Spanish Armada ; but I trust in God and Lord Anson . ’ |
| 6 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 7 | But I worry about whether that amount of housing stock is going to be replaced in the area , cos that is obviously very important . |
| 8 | ‘ I speak not only of the Army — although as Colonel Moore knows probably better than I , the acts of heroism you see there in the face of pain — wounds , cuts , torn limbs ’ — he looked at Mrs Crump ; she swayed slightly — ‘ severed arteries , gashed heads ’ — Mrs Moore was unaffected — ‘ and all the terrible lacerations and disfigurements received on the human body in modern warfare ’ — Miss D'Arcy nodded ; she was intrigued — ‘ but I speak of the self-inflicted torments of the Indian , the Negro and the Mussulman . ’ |
| 9 | The doctors say ‘ Forget it , ask a relative ’ but I speak to them . ’ |
| 10 | You may laugh at this rvolutionary theory BUT I speak from experience . |
| 11 | But I object to the killing . ’ |
| 12 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 13 | I do not believe that Scotland can or should avoid its international obligations , but I object to the fact that we are apparently being singled out as the one country that will be the nuclear laundry for everyone else . |
| 14 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 15 | Whether the particular scheme summarized here can contribute substantially to that end remains to be seen , but I hope at the very least I have been able to express why I believe that the social sciences will eventually be fused with biology . |
| 16 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 17 | He might be able to make a decent cup of coffee but I hope for her sake that he is good at washing up afterwards too . |
| 18 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 19 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 20 | I have not done this as yet , but I hope to … |
| 21 | This may be my last utterance in the House before the next general election , but I hope to be back — although that is not a matter for me . |
| 22 | This matter has caused me great concern and problems early in the Parliament , but I hope in the next 24 hours to show where my true attitudes lie . |
| 23 | But I return to the point I make here , Mr , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now , unless the Inspector . |
| 24 | My voice goes all funny , but I keep from crying . |
| 25 | Erm but I intend to er contact them again and say to them , Well you know I 'm still here and should you hit problems or find that you 've just lost one of your erm staff who were providing the kind of services that I do , do n't forget that I 'm still here . |
| 26 | Disappointed , perhaps , if I do n't find her — but I intend to , David , I intend to find her ! |
| 27 | Over the years I suppose I 've become known as a dotty naturalist but I try to be rational and I think it 's a pity the Greens are n't more practical . |
| 28 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of face , pointedness of nose . |
| 29 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of my enemies . |
| 30 | But I remember with Chris especially — he did n't seem human — ’ she smiled quickly , forestalling Alan 's amused interruption ’ — but like something from another planet . |