Example sentences of "but i [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I yearn for a child or even children . |
| 2 | But I went to a pipe bag championships in Beeston and I myself completely . |
| 3 | Yes and er I er they got me on that and I 'd er seen a bit on it before hand one way or another , but I went to a place and , and asked them if I could er see and er they showed me and explained it , the er the way to er . |
| 4 | But I mean on a sort of wider thing erm |
| 5 | But I mean with a blade it 's only one |
| 6 | Yeah but I mean in a way you can understand |
| 7 | but I looked at a pineapple and it 's from the Philippines . |
| 8 | ‘ But I know of a way . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't like to say that there is not such a thing as black magic but I know of a coincidence , or something that happened regularly . |
| 10 | But I left in a hurry because the piglets ' mother did n't approve of a stranger wandering among her brood and she came at me open-mouthed , barking explosively . |
| 11 | But I thought for a girl that 's |
| 12 | But I thought of a barrister |
| 13 | But I suppose as a bowling green then you but he said that we 've already cut the stick their neck out will they ? |
| 14 | But I suppose in a way they would have then been contemplating selling their own house and getting somewhere else before in fact |
| 15 | And it 's something which is difficult to cope with , but I work in a kind of environment where it just is sexually biased , that 's the way it goes ! |
| 16 | It sounds amusing , I know , but I awoke with a pounding heart and sweating with fear . |
| 17 | I do n't act like a man but I play in a man 's world . |
| 18 | But I live in a transition society . |
| 19 | But I live in a world of half-chances . |
| 20 | Point taken , and I really feel sorry for Rocky at the moment , and hope he does n't leave , but I think with a player like Strachan at the club , who I believe is one of the best players in the Premier League at the moment , I think it would be foolish to leave him out . |
| 21 | erm If you take a novel like Dorothy Sayers ' Gaudy Night , which is offered as an example of a classic detective story which really is also a novel about academic life , it 's a love story , I think as a love story and as a novel of academic life it 's in many ways very good indeed , but I think as a detective story it 's completely uninteresting you know because one part has to fade in order that the , the other should come into focus . |
| 22 | I thought we could get on with him but I think within a week of moving in there we became entangled in David and Angela 's personal lives . |
| 23 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 24 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 25 | A teacher came after me but I climbed through a hedge and sat tight for an hour or so . |
| 26 | It 's ridiculous , but I feel like a teenager , all fumbling hands and no control . ’ |