Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unfortunately , his personal secretary said she did not think he could become actively involved , but I am writing to the Prime Minister Mr Major and George Howard , the Environment Secretary , seeking their support . ’ |
| 2 | But I am straying from my theme . |
| 3 | But I am holding in a dead zone . |
| 4 | ‘ I am interested in journalism , ’ said Thomas , who is staying with the Kilcran family in Dale Road , Darlington , ‘ but I am training to be a teacher . |
| 5 | ‘ But I am hoping with normality returning , we might see a falling of these figures . ’ |
| 6 | It 's hard to explain to you … you 're too young to understand , yet — but I am searching for El Dorado . |
| 7 | But I am looking at something from the previous century . |
| 8 | ‘ But I am acting upon the instructions of a client who chooses to remain anonymous , so I am not at liberty to give you as much information as you might wish . |
| 9 | But I am bursting like an overstuffed sausage , and every thrust I make inside her is like I 'm seventeen slow inches long and growing with every stroke . |
| 10 | But I am talking about a woman 's rights . |
| 11 | We hear about good success stories in manufacturing , but I am talking about the broad base . |
| 12 | ‘ But I am paying for her services . ’ |
| 13 | But I am going to be . |
| 14 | Shelley warned , ‘ But I am going to bed soon . ’ |
| 15 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 16 | But I am going in that direction . |
| 17 | I had letters which started , ‘ We were travelling up the motorway from London to Glasgow and I heard you … ’ or ‘ I live in Devon but I was staying in Leicester when I heard you . |
| 18 | ‘ But I was speaking about the price of vegetables , ’ said Anwar . |
| 19 | ‘ But I was thinking about Steinmark . |
| 20 | ‘ But I was thinking about how we used to sing together . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't worked it out in detail , ’ Melissa admitted , ‘ but I was thinking about it while you were putting her through your puff-and-blow routine … ’ |
| 22 | But I was thinking about you only today , as it happened , because … well , for no very good reason . ’ |
| 23 | But I was thinking of the ones you see in cottages . |
| 24 | ‘ No , ’ I said , and hated myself for telling the untruth , but I was thinking of my own boat standing propped on the sand of Straker 's Cay , and I thought of all the work I had lavished on Masquerade , and of all the love and care and time I had poured into her , and I tried to imagine her rotting under the tropical sun with her paint peeling , her deck planks opening and her timbers riddled with termites . |
| 25 | I knew Derek really enjoyed our trips and was only kidding , but I was thinking of ways in which I could raise more money to pay my share . |
| 26 | No , but I was thinking of using this one here . |
| 27 | I even knew that if we talked about her past and all her life I might begin to like her , but I was thinking of a different countryside and different cattle and worrying about the oxen who ploughed the fields and turned the water wheels . |
| 28 | There was no emotion in his voice ; but I was thinking of Alison , of that last look she had given me . |
| 29 | ‘ If you want one , I 'd love it , but I was thinking of more immediate practical considerations . ’ |
| 30 | I asked to keep her talking , but I was thinking of the scribble on the photocopies I 'd found . |