Example sentences of "but i [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I went to a private school after that , I went to one run by a Mr , Mr E M . |
| 2 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 3 | But I looked to a philosophical point of view more comprehensive even than that of the early Collingwood , and I thought I had found the germ of it in the lectures he delivered in my last year on ‘ Nature and Mind ’ . |
| 4 | so it 's all hot on the plate and served straight away you know , luckily erm I managed it but I got in a little bit of a flap I will admit it whereas Shirl 's now got used to that I mean I when we first came we both used to do our own help each other out I used to help out but erm |
| 5 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 6 | But I relax with a good book whenever possible . |
| 7 | Years before , Nietzsche had written : " the past is dearer to me than the present ; but I believe in a better future " . |
| 8 | And then in the air it stiffens very slightly as it cools down , but I think on a nice warm day like this is might be . |
| 9 | The decision in Chamberlain was also followed and referred to in Vestey v IRC 31 TC 1 but Lord Reid did give a warning : The ingenuity of those who devise these schemes is such that it might be rash to say that property can never be comprised in a settlement unless it is charged with rights in favour of others , but I think as a general rule this must now be the test . |
| 10 | I am hating him , but I writhe in a betraying ecstasy , an agony of pleasure . |
| 11 | I could hear the sound of rent cloth in my head , but I stood on a wooden chair while Lili pinned the seams closer , standing quietly like a broken horse to be saddled and bridled . |