Example sentences of "but i [verb] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I spent a lot of time attending to it , but I ran all the way , which is good enough , ’ he said . |
| 2 | But I invite such a geneticist to look carefully at what it can ever mean to speak of genes exerting an influence on a nervous system . |
| 3 | ‘ But I finished all the food … |
| 4 | ‘ 'E ca n't 'ave mine , I just ate it , ’ said Ella , ‘ but I got 'alf a sausage left . ’ |
| 5 | But I felt such a twit , cos I said to this man I , I do n't know about you , but I ca n't get my money . |
| 6 | Erm no , he does help me a few things but I do all the digging for him because he ca n't bend down too much . |
| 7 | Oh he does , he gives er his secretary and switch board girl a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine and but I do all the Christmas cards |
| 8 | But I did all the work of a Queen and I needed friends too . |
| 9 | ‘ But I have all the rooms to get ready for the guests that are arriving … ’ |
| 10 | I do n't think of myself that way of course , but I enjoy all the attention . |
| 11 | Yeah , but I think all the things they said about him were true , I hate the man I do . |
| 12 | But I think all the silliness is all part of actually adjusting to the condom , and something to do with the embarrassment that because they do n't know enough about it they , they do n't want to be er , seen to be silly |
| 13 | But I think all the time where you have to keep on fighting all the time , so now like you get so mouthy in the end you ca n't shut up , you know [ laughs ] , you end up winning the argument 'cos you ca n't shut up , like . |
| 14 | On our way home we tried to find a Mothers Day card for Mark to send to his Mum , but I think all the Dalseattie shops must have the same supplier and sell those ghastly pink-ish cards with really crass ditties inside ugh . |
| 15 | do if I 've got anything , but I find half the time , I mean , it 's like jeans and things , if you go into Marks 's you can spend fifteen pound on a |
| 16 | All that business about Linda — I know we agreed not to talk about it — but I feel such a shit out here . |