Example sentences of "but i [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please thank our friend for the thought , but I prefer to stay on the ground ’ . |
| 2 | My leg had gone completely to sleep and I could n't feel it at all , but I managed to hobble to the door , collecting fourpence out of my wallet , and down the stairs to the first landing where the telephone was . |
| 3 | I said I fully realised the job had to be done but I wished to protest against the shabby trick ‘ Ark Royal ’ had played on us . |
| 4 | ‘ No , but I 've heard about the place , and I must say they sound as if they 're rather exciting , ’ Lucy said with a certain amount of truth . |
| 5 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 6 | But I 've jumped off the second one , I have n't dived off the second one . |
| 7 | V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments . |
| 8 | But I 've lived in the same house with my daughter-in-law for four years . |
| 9 | Yeah but I 've got to the move to the next ward soon . |
| 10 | But I 've got to the stage now where I , I can not erm I can not do any more . |
| 11 | but I 've got in the house and I 've got |
| 12 | I do n't want to rush you but I 've booked at the bistro down the road for nine o'clock so we ought to have this drink and go . ’ |
| 13 | But I 've come to the conclusion that these are sometimes a bit astrological , particularly if you 're in a competitive situation . |
| 14 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 15 | " I 'm sorry to have kept you waiting , but I had to finish with the man I had with me . |
| 16 | But I had to go in the loft . |
| 17 | But I had to return to the subject of Frankenstein . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sorry , truly I am , but I had to look after the boys . |
| 19 | But I had left on the five o'clock train . ’ |
| 20 | Well I sent it to the B B C , I sent it to Duncan but I also sent it to the the Lady a shorter version to the Lady their competition and I said their competition was gon na be on the eighteenth in their issue they would give the names of the of the winners , but I had looked in the Lady yesterday in Smiths and there was none of nothing about it , but I do n't think I 've won anyway because it said you 'd be notified by post so . |
| 21 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 22 | She 'd looked at me a bit strange , the woman in charge of the Bed-and-Breakfast , but I 'd paid on the nail and ordered in my refined accent , ‘ And a cooked breakfast , please ’ — so no hassle . |
| 23 | ‘ I love clothes — but I hate trailing round the shops . ’ |
| 24 | I used to be a spooler , worked a machine , but I got moved to the samples about six years ago . |
| 25 | But I got promoted to the road roller and then into the power station so |
| 26 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 27 | Most of them used local girls , but I decided to go to the famous state-run Eros Centre in Hamburg , which I 've since heard has been closed down due to the AIDS scare . |
| 28 | And usually the man telling me he understood if eventually when he starts the job , he has n't understood at all , he 's just saying so , but I wanted to prove to the man himself that he could do it and prove to myself that he could do it . |
| 29 | But I do go to the Methodist Chapel in Cotherstone as often as I can and , now and again , support various chapel functions in other places when asked . |
| 30 | I know it is a terribly sexist remark but I do think of the machines in our first workshop as old ladies . |