Example sentences of "but i [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew that absurder things had happened in America and Britain — and in Spain . |
| 2 | Er , can I say that it 's been a great pleasure coming er , to you and to say that erm that there 's far more to say , of course , about Canberra er , but I hope that that taster will help you to try and appreciate what went on there . |
| 3 | I accept that it is conditional on the decision to participate in a single currency , but I hope that Conservative Members have noted that the necessity of an independent central bank to such a system is accepted by the Government and other member states . |
| 4 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 5 | ‘ But I realised that one day I might not be so lucky . |
| 6 | but I realised that big weight losses often happen to very overweight people at the beginning of their diets , so I did n't expect to continue at anything like that pace . |
| 7 | ‘ But I said that all matters relating to players were Trevor Francis 's domain . |
| 8 | True , four track is a mite limiting , but I imagine that live performance was again uppermost in Roland 's mind here . |
| 9 | But I know that one day she 'll meet someone who 's worthy of her . |
| 10 | I showed the article to my wife — a mathematician — and asked her to remind me about ‘ eigen analysis of the covariance matrix [ z ] ’ etc , but I gather that such analysis is not exactly commonplace or entirely obvious ! |
| 11 | All my furlough tickets are LNER , but I assume that other companies issued them . |
| 12 | Axelrod had already begun to think in ESS terms , but I felt that this tendency was so important that I wrote to him suggesting that he should get in touch with W. D. Hamilton , who was then , though Axelrod did n't know it , in a different department of the same university , the University of Michigan . |
| 13 | Such methods can help individuals gain greater personal insight , but I doubt that individual insight , personality matching , or even exercises in group dynamics can produce much in the way of organizational change or an overall improvement in leadership effectiveness . |
| 14 | But I doubt if American girls have the perseverance required to compete with Tiller Girls in dance and drilling . |
| 15 | I hope that I might have undertaken work of this kind without the experience of working for North Tyneside Community Development Project ( CDP ) from 1974 to 1977 , but I did and that experience shaped both the conceptualizing and the carrying out of this project . |
| 16 | I support the Bill because it seeks to address a serious problem , but I believe that that problem is greater than it appears to be . |
| 17 | Of the other contributors , some expressed outrage , some were more optimistic , but I believe that these views of Cornall , Lawton and Hewlett typically reflected professional concerns of curriculum developers and teachers , especially those grappling with the persistent problems of how to implant enlightened ideas into a traditional subject-based curriculum . |
| 18 | Action was promised as the minister said , in October nineteen ninety two by the former chancellor when the Bingham report was published , but I believe that these proposals are under the bear minimum requested by Bingham and they hardly live up er to the er minister 's announcement at the beginning of his speech . |
| 19 | It 's now , it 's still only about five per cent , but I think that that proportion is growing and I think this is something universities would welcome very much . |
| 20 | But I think that contemporary interpretations of Dicey as a positivist who was concerned to freeze late nineteenth century political principles obscures more than it illuminates . |
| 21 | I think all art to some extent is subjective , but I think that most people would agree that some things are so beautiful that everyone agrees that they are very worthwhile and should n't be destroyed . |
| 22 | I could do with you on my permanent staff — but I think that these articles will hit home , cause a stir , such a stir as Henry Mayhew created some time ago when he , too , wrote of the cabined and confined lives of the capital 's poor . |
| 23 | But I think that last bit got cut — I never saw myself being menacing . ’ |
| 24 | Erm right the open show fifty nine ninety five for the hire of the hall , much the same as last year , it 's keeping pretty well down er , it 's , we paid fifty three eighty last year , but I think because little bit for a longer time this year . |
| 25 | I 'm not really interested in adventures but I understand that some people are and the mag has to cover all topics to please everyone ! |
| 26 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 27 | This latter section is called ‘ Applied Sketching ’ , but I feel that all sketching is applied . |
| 28 | There are plenty of second-hand bargains available but I feel that more honesty and good manners ( on both sides , of course ) are needed ! |
| 29 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 30 | He could , of course , make the child a ward of court , but I doubted if any wardship would persuade the court to take a child away from a young and devoted mother . |