Example sentences of "but i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I starve like any Frenchman ! ’ |
| 2 | Oh yeah I know but I meant in here . |
| 3 | But I cared for you , Theodosia . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But I yearn for a child or even children . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | But I worry about whether that amount of housing stock is going to be replaced in the area , cos that is obviously very important . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | The doctors say ‘ Forget it , ask a relative ’ but I speak to them . ’ |
| 12 | You may laugh at this rvolutionary theory BUT I speak from experience . |
| 13 | But I object to the killing . ’ |
| 14 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ But I knew at the time that I felt I had something to offer and that 's why I wanted to come back and be a manager again . |
| 17 | My mind turned back to the man Mrs Bradshaw had accosted in the garden , but I knew of no one who bore me that kind of grudge or , if he did , would take it out on me in such a petty and spiteful way . |
| 18 | I did n't know the person but I knew of her and I knew a friend of mine went to her , this is the one that did seven years . |
| 19 | I toyed with the idea of committing suicide , but I knew in my heart and soul I would never take my own life . |
| 20 | ‘ But I knew in my heart that I would have no chance against them and that they would be merciless . |
| 21 | But I knew in the end you would n't let us down — and I was right , was n't I ? ’ |
| 22 | But I knew from the outset that the demands Schoenberg makes in these Variations are abnormal ones which are difficult to realize properly even in acoustically suitable concert-halls . |
| 23 | I could n't hear exactly what he said , but I knew from Terry 's tone that they were taking the piss out of me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It was only slightly traumatic , but I knew from my safety audit of the operators that it was virtually impossible for things to go wrong , ’ explained Nigel . |
| 25 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |
| 30 | ‘ Sir , it is not that , but I hope for an appointment in England . |