Example sentences of "but i [vb base] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've not yet met a bank who 's good at it . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 've not yet eaten , ’ he said . |
| 3 | But I 've just briefly looked at the education and training part of the General Secretary report and it says here , National College rammed a hundred and twenty four courses over a thirty week period attracting approximately seventeen hundred G M B representatives , a wide range of residential courses . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 've nowhere else to go . ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes then I was a bit embarrassed by it , because I thought I ought to be a little more revolutionary , but I 've always completely loathed violence and bloodshed and every time I dived into Marxism all I could think of was Lenin shooting the anarchists . |
| 6 | ‘ I know it 's crazy , but I 've only just begun to realise how much I 'm going to miss all this . ’ |
| 7 | But I 've only just gone up anyway . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry — it 's awful , I know , but I 've only just heard and — Hello — is anybody there … ? ’ |
| 9 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 10 | ‘ But I 've only just got here , ’ I said weakly . |
| 11 | ‘ But I 've only just got here , ’ bleated Stitch . |
| 12 | ‘ But I 've only just got off the plane , ’ insisted Crawford . |
| 13 | I was seconds behind you , entering the hole , but I 've only just arrived . |
| 14 | I 've got a few awards over the years , and I ca n't quite remember what some of them were given for , but I 've only ever got one for writing and that 's the one I would n't want to give away . |
| 15 | People also think I 'm bound to have accidents , but I 've only occasionally burnt or cut myself , and surely we all do that . ’ |
| 16 | Again , this is a rule that can be broken , but I 've never yet seen a design with more than two needles tucking side by side . |
| 17 | ‘ But I 've never just listened to Johnny Marr , ’ Bernard continues . |
| 18 | I 've always found children to be OK , but I 've never completely worked them out . |
| 19 | I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme . |
| 20 | I know , but I 've never ever taught that age group before . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I know that a lot of musicians have that kind of pressure put on them , but I 've never really gotten any bullshit from anybody about what to do . |
| 22 | In recent years , it 's been nice to know that I could decide to take my wife Lizzie on Concorde and not have to ask permission from the bank manager , but I 've never really gone in for extravagances — they all add up to too many paper rounds . |
| 23 | ‘ I s'pose so , but I 've never really done it . ’ |
| 24 | But I 've never really talked to my mum about anything . |
| 25 | ( Yoshi appears to be a giant bird that you can ride , but I 've never really got into Nintendo characters ! ) |
| 26 | But I 've never really known about the Slippery Elm stick , wh , er did n't get to the bottom of it , you know , what it was . |
| 27 | And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living . |
| 28 | But I 've still never heard of him . ’ |
| 29 | But I stay out there singing some made-up song that goes with the waves crunching on the shingle , so she tosses stones in the water to plop near me in the darkness and I shout like an idiot and run back to the shore . |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe , but I do also firmly believe in action . |