Example sentences of "but i [verb] [vb infin] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any exhibition is worth going looking at and thinking about , but I do think that that is an extraordinarily bad exhibition . |
| 2 | I run the risk of sounding patronising here , but I do feel that this is a point worth making . |
| 3 | I do not know , but I do know that many homosexuals have not chosen to be homosexual but simply are that way . |
| 4 | I can not profess to know how successful , or otherwise , the mystic 's attempts at transcendence may prove , but I do know that all the anorexic is capable of transcending are her own immediate difficulties and that , in most cases , this achievement is comparatively short-lived . |
| 5 | How far this was true I do not know , but I do know that any suggestion from her to Harold Wilson was likely to receive an affirmative answer . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't realise what I was getting into , ’ he admits , ‘ but I do know that this will be by far the hardest thing I 've done in my life . ’ |
| 7 | But I do see that that would perhaps to attain for young people again . |
| 8 | But I do believe that one act of violence seeds another . ’ |
| 9 | I am always accused of , and criticised for , my comments on the establishment that runs British tennis and it is true that I have been , and will continue to be , critical in the future , but I do believe that constructive critical assessment performs a valuable function . |
| 10 | I ca n't get under trying to change the perceptions of white policemen but I do believe that black policemen have a strong responsibility to protect their people . |
| 11 | earlier but I do realize that that was his way . |
| 12 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |