Example sentences of "but i [verb] [verb] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am familiar with the darker view which encompasses bestiality , incest , parricide , rustling , infanticide and the murderous rivalry within the Women 's Institute , but I had imagined that this view was the product of a warped approach to life and greatly exaggerated . ’ |
| 2 | But I had to accept that this examination was far more important to them . |
| 3 | Any exhibition is worth going looking at and thinking about , but I do think that that is an extraordinarily bad exhibition . |
| 4 | I run the risk of sounding patronising here , but I do feel that this is a point worth making . |
| 5 | I do not know , but I do know that many homosexuals have not chosen to be homosexual but simply are that way . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | But I do see that that would perhaps to attain for young people again . |
| 10 | earlier but I do realize that that was his way . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He really wants the mud to show his best , but I have to say that this ground helped him get the trip . ’ |
| 13 | But I have heard since that two other witnesses described a chap with dark hair . ’ |
| 14 | But I have heard that that scoundrel El-ahrairah means to come and steal them if he can . |