Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for some reason I can not remember , it was impossible to get permission to ship the motor bike . |
| 2 | They 're all rogues here but for some reason I like them , I 'm drawn to them . |
| 3 | At least , that was the thought I had , but for some reason I must have found it very nice because I stayed for 30 years ! ’ |
| 4 | " But for some reason I was not happy about it . |
| 5 | Erm , I , I apologize but for some reason I ca n't explain that the recommendations on , on this items twelve B one and twelve B two should read as follows . |
| 6 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 7 | I was off for a week which is alright , but during that week I was heavily doped on downers . |
| 8 | No time would pass for you but during that trance I could unpack whatever reserves of information this particular visual scene contains . ’ |
| 9 | You ca n't say that it 's not helping bring people to the Sugar shows but after one show I hope they 'll forget about everything else . |
| 10 | ‘ The gaffer was ready to hammer us for that but after this result I asked , where are we going next Thursday — a nightclub ? |
| 11 | We had also heard frightening stories about the teachers but with one exception I always found them very fair . |
| 12 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 13 | I wish England luck ( believe it or not ) but with this formation I do n't feel to optimistic . |
| 14 | I think I went down to most people to say they ca n't , but when you point out something to them , they say yes I can see that , look there 's this as well and I think culturally er were led to believe if you do n't succeed in it , erm but in actual fact I think that you all do , but perhaps I think the books do , either assess it and give it value or , or still allow it to happen |
| 15 | But in actual fact I think that for preliminary erm instruction I 'm , I would be better . |
| 16 | you know you just still bewildered because you do n't understand , I mean like I go to this night class and apparently I , I learn from it , but in actual fact I do n't , I come out I get eight out of ten , nine out of ten , or ten out of ten and I have n't got a clue what it 's about |
| 17 | I am not mad , most noble Festus , but in sober sadness I have suffered this day more bodily pain than I had before a conception of . |
| 18 | But in that memo I was trying to say : " I 'm no celebrity , to be polished and projected . |
| 19 | But in that case I must warn you that I have no heart . |
| 20 | That 's what I mean about when he sort of ran off that night I thought , in one way I was pissed off with him but in one way I thought well at least he can you know ? |
| 21 | My own landlord did , in fairness , give me veiled offers of money ( bribes ) to move elsewhere but in all honesty I simply was n't streetwise enough to figure out what exactly he had in mind . |
| 22 | It is suggested that it was derived from the hauling of boats along the river and that it was from this place that manual hauling of boats along a tow path began , but in all fairness I think this can be discounted . |
| 23 | But in due course I discovered that the local historian had done very little actual firsthand gathering of data himself : he was a wealthy man and had employed a number of impecunious schoolteachers to be his ‘ research assistants ’ . |
| 24 | In normal circumstances I would have written this information off as being about the small Green Swords which come from the Rio Sarabia , but in this case I could not , as the fish concerned had been supplied from Dr Kallman 's laboratory and were correctly named . |
| 25 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 26 | Later in the season when gooseberries are over , delicious fools can be made with uncooked strawberries ; a mixture of raspberries and redcurrants , also uncooked ; and blackberries , cooked as for gooseberries ; but in this case I think that cream spoils the rich colour of the fruit and should be offered separately . |
| 27 | But in this case I am satisfied that Judge Galpin had the jurisdiction to make an ex parte order . |
| 28 | " That 's not altogether unknown , of course , but in this case I 'd say it was highly unlikely , virtually impossible . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not saying Eddie 's incapable of violence but in this case I think you 're on the wrong track . |
| 30 | ‘ But in this case I think he 'll see sense . ’ |