Example sentences of "but i [verb] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 2 | In actual fact I 've got a friend and I go potholing with him , we meet , he 's a Kendall farmer , he 's a a sheep farmer and er , we meet and he says you know what I 've got a problem with on my land , not foxes dogs and walkers that have n't got them on the leads and crows at lambing time cos they peck their eyes out and things of that calibre , he says yes , I 'll tell you what I 'll bet you I 've had animals taken by foxes he , he says I probably have , he said but I 've not had this kind of unindeighted killing as . |
| 3 | I 've got some bad news for you , but I 've also got good news . ’ |
| 4 | I would n't say it was any better , I do n't know whether it is or not , but I 've just done one good thing , it 's got the bed shifted |
| 5 | But I 've now taken this out tonight . |
| 6 | But I 've only seen one or two , can we think about photocopying them if it 's that thin , because by the time it gets to me sometimes it 's not legible . |
| 7 | I want to subscribe to TSB , but I 've only got ancient copies of it , and do n't know how much it costs to subscribe thesedays , what the address is and who to make the cheque out to and all that . |
| 8 | Perhaps ; but I 've never seen any particular virtue in consistency , and it certainly made for variety . |
| 9 | And it can seem quite ghostly and atmospheric on a misty November afternoon , but I 've never seen any ghosts there . |
| 10 | dir : Yes , but I 've never given much credence to anecdotal evidence from surgeons . |
| 11 | shake yourself round , but I 've never know that last night |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had varying success with the women I 've made love to in the past , but I 've never made one throw up before ! ’ |
| 13 | When I kept telling him what controls to use , the repeated reply was , ‘ OK , but I 've never done this before ’ , but he never sounded frightened . |
| 14 | But I 've never done this before . ’ |
| 15 | But I 've never sold soiled knickers to Sunday Sport readers . |
| 16 | But I 've never had any experience in this field . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll have to forgive me but I 've never read any of your books . |
| 18 | I 've always said that money itself is n't important to me — but I 've still got young children and I 'll always have to provide . |
| 19 | Yeah , but I 've still got three |
| 20 | As I say I ought to have had savvy enough , Edgeware Road , the first part of it , is purely commercial as you know , er er erm but I had n't realized that at the time . |
| 21 | But I had n't got much but I 'd got on my feet . |
| 22 | There would be one or two stalls selling bits of radios , farm machinery and so on , but I had never felt inclined to rummage in them . |
| 23 | But I 'd already decided that journalism was the perfect career for me . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 'd better check first . ’ |
| 25 | But I 'd never had any problems with my periods , so when I finally decided to see a specialist , I was more curious than anything else . ’ |
| 26 | I know , but I do n't wear brown . |
| 27 | Yes , but I do n't mean that , erm , could you , would you write it as one plus two or one minus two or one multiplied by two or one divided by two |
| 28 | But I do n't anticipate any real onslaught from you , somehow . |
| 29 | Well , we 've got our cost reductions as an ongoing process er , so it 's never complete , you 're always looking for ways to , to become more efficient or effective but I do n't anticipate any redundancies er , any further redundancies but obviously if , if , if systems become available which improve our efficiency and effectiveness we , we have to take account of it . |
| 30 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |