Example sentences of "but i [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I am now a German citizen but I remain a Russian , all ups and downs . |
| 2 | But I use a lot meself . |
| 3 | But I use a paint scraper . |
| 4 | There are fairy rings of eight-inch-diameter horse-mushrooms and of shaggy parasols ( no good for eating raw , but I pick a bagful for later . ) |
| 5 | ‘ But I walk a fine line of ambiguity because I 'm also reaching a straight audience who need the education much more than the gay audience . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I drive all right but I prefer a motor bicycle . |
| 7 | But I write a tolerable hand in English . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I work mainly in America , ’ says the cube-shaped superstar , ‘ but I bring a lot of money into the UK . |
| 9 | ‘ Now I work mainly in America , ’ says the cube-shaped superstar , ‘ but I bring a lot of money into the UK . |
| 10 | In Falstaff , yes ; but I remember a Die Meistersinger that was simply appalling , and a Die Zauberflöte … |
| 11 | CALL ME old , call me antiquated , but I remember a time when The Railway Children were , if not quite press darlings , then at least going on the occasional date with the media . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , but I delegate a lot now . ’ |
| 13 | Our children , 9 , and , 10 , are still asleep , but I take a cup to my wife before leaving home in time to arrive at the Grain Terminal before 7.00 am . |
| 14 | I walk out to the bus , I get on the bus at the end of Care Street , I walk right along Care Street , right up Dawsons Street , brisk walk and then I 'm walking around the garage , I do n't do that much walking now , the bloody car , but I take a walk at lunchtime and I walk down to the bar , walking , if you walk , that would be total couple of miles a day |
| 15 | I love her but I take an intense , cold interest in noting the signs . |
| 16 | Yes , take her — I 'll check with Hawick 's office that it 's all right if you come mob-handed , but I 've a feeling in my water about this one . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 18 | Oh blimey , the Euphoria one was the only one which grabbed me on the day , but I 've a lot of attachment to The Orb … |
| 19 | But I 've a rendezvous with Death |
| 20 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 've a nasty feeling , ’ she concluded dismally , ‘ that if you do find anything there , it 'll just be Alex 's body . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ She 'll be safe enough , but I 've a feeling it will be a long job to get her back on an even keel . |
| 23 | ‘ More or less , but I 've a feeling Nevil was holding the car door at the time . ’ |
| 24 | Hopefully Rocky will be playing but I 've a feeling it will be Hodge . |
| 25 | I 'd rather get Leeds tickets for it of course , but I 've a mate over from Norn Irn for a few days ( ex Larne and Crusaders player ) and he 's not a LUFC member . |
| 26 | I 've been very lucky , I 'm not being charitable , but I 've a lot of luck . |
| 27 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 28 | But I get a woozy feeling when I watch them spoon away , and the plates , twenty or thirty of them — all fill up with the same thing … |
| 29 | But I get a different feeling now when I look out over London . |
| 30 | I know he talks to you about what goes on in this office , but I get a feedback about you . ’ |