Example sentences of "but i [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me give a trivial but I hope interesting example from my own experience . |
| 2 | ‘ He is taller than me and he has a sense of humour but I keep that side of my life very private , ’ she said . |
| 3 | I remember seeing , but I heard fucking result on News at Ten . |
| 4 | But I received another note from Mellowes ; it said I was not to leave the office ; I was not to answer the phone ; above all I was not to speak to the press . |
| 5 | But I remember those times with my father as being very traumatic . ’ |
| 6 | PC Kelly went on : ‘ I did not hear anything but I saw two flashes from the barrel of the gun and I presumed he had shot Goodman twice . ’ |
| 7 | But I take great pride in the officer 's performance . ’ |
| 8 | When nobody else is here but I mean one definition of that is that you 're asleep yeah . |
| 9 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 10 | ‘ Everyone says how awful the teenage years are , and we had our share of rows and problems , but I enjoyed those years with my children — far better than the baby or toddler stages . ’ |
| 11 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 12 | I can not claim to have been a close friend , but I had occasional encounters with him and , as with most people , it would be more accurate to describe them as occasional brushes . |
| 13 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
| 14 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 15 | But I welcome any participation in the debate I have called for on these issues , provided that it addresses the issues in a realistic way . |
| 16 | But I met one girl by accident when I walked into the hostel one night and she was visiting another girl there . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I do n't know , ’ says Charles , ‘ but I met this girl in television the other evening , and she said people are going to be dropping off your Matterhorn thing like fleas off a dog . ’ |
| 18 | But I know that part of the country and have been there many times . |
| 19 | But I put that pressure on myself . ’ |
| 20 | But I like that kind of pride ! |
| 21 | But I like this guitar for a number of reasons . |
| 22 | But I got 75 cents off a New Old Fashioned Patty Melt … |
| 23 | ‘ The pet shop refused a refund but I got one thanks to DAS , ’ he says . |
| 24 | ‘ But I got quick support from Albert Craig and Ray Farningham coming from midfield , ’ he admitted . |
| 25 | There are no tears but I make squeaky sounds with my mouth . |
| 26 | No communication has been sent to the British Government about European reference prices , so I have not had a chance to study those , but I pay full tribute to the improvement in productivity . |
| 27 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 28 | But I have one word of advice to contributors to this debate . |
| 29 | The above examples came from three different speakers from East London , but I have one example from South East London as well . |
| 30 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |