Example sentences of "but i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't put my style on , but I am influenced by how people skate . |
| 2 | ‘ Unfortunately , his personal secretary said she did not think he could become actively involved , but I am writing to the Prime Minister Mr Major and George Howard , the Environment Secretary , seeking their support . ’ |
| 3 | But I am troubled that he mentions the deaths of British servicemen without any references to the closing of the gates of Mandatory Palestine to the desperate refugees who tried to leave Nazi Germany but found the rest of Europe and the Jewish homeland closed to them . |
| 4 | But I am straying from my theme . |
| 5 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
| 6 | I just do n't have it off the top of my head , but I am telling you |
| 7 | But I am determined to fight back , and where I think that they 've gone over the top , I 'll take them to court . |
| 8 | Whaddon boss , Les Bence , told us ‘ The competition might seem one-sided what with all the other teams being school sides and us also getting a bye until the semi-finals , but I am determined to see at least one cup in our cabinet this season . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm sure you 've heard it thousands of times before but I am fed up with the way I look . |
| 10 | I can not speak for Tish , but I am painted out . |
| 11 | I have never been able to understand why anyone would want to wake up at the dead of night ( 5 a.m. ) to go and paddle a canoe , but I am assured that the challenge is worth it . |
| 12 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 13 | But I am teaching them how to programme the video properly , Mr Lang . |
| 14 | But I am thinking back to the days before the war — the ‘ 39–45 war in Europe , that is — when a reporter was actually expected to know the place he was writing about . |
| 15 | But I am forbidding you ever to attend another of those meetings . |
| 16 | I do not answer , nor do I open my eyes , but I am stirred by the relentless bleep and static of the answerphone ; words , artificial like a megaphone , filtering through . |
| 17 | But I am jumping ahead of myself . |
| 18 | But I am bound to agree with Kenneth Tynan who wrote this definition of a critic : ‘ A man who knows the way but ca n't drive the car . ’ |
| 19 | This is not a suitable case in which to reopen the matter but I am bound to say that this case seems to show that there is room for an exception where examining the proceedings in Parliament would almost certainly settle the matter immediately one way or the other . |
| 20 | But I am bound to say that I have some doubts . |
| 21 | I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent . |
| 22 | But I am holding in a dead zone . |
| 23 | I am in my 30s and married , but I am beginning to think the young men are not always to blame . |
| 24 | It may not be strictly within my remit , but I am fascinated by the amount of space that is being lavished , particularly by the Sunday Times , on the new list of ‘ The Best of Young British Novelists ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I am interested in journalism , ’ said Thomas , who is staying with the Kilcran family in Dale Road , Darlington , ‘ but I am training to be a teacher . |
| 26 | But I am managing and am still pleased to be living in my own home . |
| 27 | We will of course be in the middle of a natural seasonal shortage but I am advising finishers that they can not afford to ignore current prices and I think that a reasonable flow of cattle will still come forward , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 29 | ‘ I think you have many sources of life , ’ said Franca , ‘ but I am touched by your gratitude . ’ |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I 've got just £476 from them but I am owed about £1,300 . |