Example sentences of "but i [vb base] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | But I mean of course they plugged me up with all sorts of things . |
| 3 | In our case , of course , it would have been impossible , but I know of cases where parents have attempted to keep their adopted children in ignorance of their origins . |
| 4 | For example , racehorses abort all too frequently , which is particularly galling after a large stud fee , but I know of no accurate information about the comparative frequency of abortion of the four types of conceptus ( horse , donkey , mule and hinny ) . |
| 5 | But I know of no other performance that encapsulates the charmed essence of this infuriatingly diffuse music with such surety and projection . |
| 6 | ‘ No , but I know of her family . ’ |
| 7 | But I know of it , ’ he added . |
| 8 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
| 9 | ‘ But I know of no sociological survey that shows that . |
| 10 | " I knew him briefly in the last days before the Rising , but I know of his work of course . |
| 11 | Re-employment has been shown to produce measurable improvements in health , but I know of no study of the effects of joining a workfare scheme . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't like to say that there is not such a thing as black magic but I know of a coincidence , or something that happened regularly . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not in the way of trafficking with Humans , but I know of the Gruagach , ’ said the Robemaker , standing very still . |
| 14 | One can easily produce evidence at the present day of great local abundance ( e.g. of starfish or pilchards ) , but I know of nothing on a modern sea-floor to compare with the abundance plus wide distribution of the examples just mentioned . |
| 15 | There were no violent incidents of that magnitude at Twickenham for the Calcutta Cup match , but I know of many Scots who found the atmosphere unpleasant and have decided not to attend future rugby internationals in London . |
| 16 | ‘ But I know of a way . ’ |
| 17 | certainly but I have of that . |
| 18 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
| 19 | But I think of course we can all debate er the various individual proposals and I think if we were in control of the council not only of course would we have different policies but the sort of detailed matters which would come up in debate would be discussed in committee , things would be in the normal way . |
| 20 | Obviously I 'd be delighted if you choose to come this direction but I understand of course that you have other options to look at . |
| 21 | It may have come too late to save your husband , but I beg of you , Karen , spare the life of our unborn baby ! ’ |
| 22 | This is in line with the obvious policy , not just of the ruling group , but I suspect of the council as a whole that we know that sooner or later courtesy of this government , whether we like it or not we are going to have to get down to our standard spending assessment . |