Example sentences of "[adj] but i [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 2 | We were very fortunate but I do remember the guns used to go off and I , when my so my son was born the , the guns were going off all the time from the castle . |
| 3 | ‘ It is all very sad but I do wish Kevin and the club success . |
| 4 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 5 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 6 | I know you are very busy but I do hope you can help in this way . |
| 7 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |
| 8 | I ca n't say it 's been marvellously successful but I do know for a fact that the conditions of the working class was improved tremendously by organizations in the thing which has come to be described as trade-unionism . |
| 9 | ’ Luckily , the three bum-bag winners were not aquatically inclined but I do hope software houses show a little more consideration in future . |
| 10 | It 's wonderful but I do like the educational games preferably to the fun games |
| 11 | If your joints are good , no cramping is necessary but I did put a couple of webbing cramps on my chair just to be on the safe side . |
| 12 | I do n't think that 's strictly true but I do think that the discussion we 've heard so far er has fully justified erm the the raising of some fundamental questions about the the the the method of projections . |