Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I learnt to respect other religions . " |
| 2 | Oh hang on I 'm leaving at ten cos I want to be there a little early and start them but I hope to get some perks . |
| 3 | But I hope to play next Saturday ! |
| 4 | We could insert ‘ Christian truths ’ ( or doctrines or promises ) for ‘ Christian presuppositions ’ , but I prefer to speak this way to focus attention on what a presupposition does rather than on what it is . |
| 5 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
| 6 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 7 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 8 | but I had to lie any way cos otherwise she would be more annoyed , I was going , I , say I go , I |
| 9 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 10 | But I tend to eat more chicken and fish and things like that now |
| 11 | It may be that I wo n't , but I like to keep that option . ’ |
| 12 | P. Mainly skaters , some college people out of skating but I like to make new friends all the time . |
| 13 | My predecessor had read law and obtained a first , but I chose to read social anthropology simply because of a pleasure in the subject . |
| 14 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 15 | But I wanted to close that window first , make sure he did n't come back . |
| 16 | ‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not down , I 'm still grazing the mountain but I wanted to get some planting done . ’ |
| 18 | But I tried to keep one thing — the foot — in focus throughout , because it seemed to be moving slowest . ’ |
| 19 | I shall not go over all that ground again , but I want to mention one point . |
| 20 | But I want to put another point of view . |
| 21 | ‘ But I want to win this race . |
| 22 | I do not support the new clause , but I want to bring one aspect of it to my right hon. Friend 's attention . |
| 23 | ‘ One signing is imminent but I want to bring two players in , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The council agreed to buy the station for — it 's about three hundred and twenty five thousand , but I want to make this point , that it is n't their intention to close the boat station . |
| 25 | But I want to begin this morning by thanking you on behalf of the group , because all of us owe the G M B an enormous debt of gratitude none more than myself . |
| 26 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 27 | " But I have to take calculated risks sometimes . |
| 28 | It was n't at all what Luce had expected , and , seeing her puzzled frown , he said hastily , apologetically , ‘ I hope you do not mind using the rear entrance , but I needed to go this way to get to my next appointment . ’ |
| 29 | I had tried it before and put on more weight due to not re-educating my eating habits , but I needed to see immediate results to get the enthusiasm to continue dieting . |
| 30 | Well I think that is true , perhaps , as I have said , in terms of the ecological situation , but I think to translate that level of expectation to the situation vis-a-vis the Gulf is another matter altogether . |