Example sentences of "but it [verb] me [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of that I could understand , but it concerned me that she was so nervous and desperately unhappy . |
| 2 | But it struck me that I had n't had time to do this for ages . |
| 3 | but it annoys me that , why , you see , I 'm , I 'm asking for cover for technical half an hour in the morning |
| 4 | ‘ Technology can help people who are non-musicians to express themselves , but it annoys me when these people say it 's more valid than the musicians who can actually play their instruments . ’ |
| 5 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 6 | And I know perfectly well Croxford is a crummy school , but it suits me and I suit it , which does n't say a lot for either of us . ’ |
| 7 | But it strikes me that this is really the view of people who do n't have them . |
| 8 | There is no question here that PW acted completely above board , but it strikes me that the time has come to consider whether the profession 's rules and regulations on reporting to external authorities are not too restrictive . |
| 9 | three four years to get there but it strikes me that we can actually start moving towards that process , not a full sheet of a personal |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're doing it , but it strikes me as being quite inappropriate . ’ |
| 11 | But it annoyed me that I had not got them worked out already . |
| 12 | We 'll need as much exposure as possible in the first couple of years , but it worries me that there 's no independent ‘ father figure ’ capable of speaking for the whole game and making sure it does n't ‘ do a snooker ’ . ‘ |
| 13 | Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue talks about not wanting to seduce the audience : ‘ I do n't like the idea of people throwing themselves over to our music … abandonment is a great idea but it worries me because it 's all so power-orientated . ’ |
| 14 | Not great poetry , by any means ; but it convinces me that Crabbe and Peter Grimes and myself do stop beside an opening sluice , and that we are looking at an actual English tideway , and not at some vague , vast imaginary waterfall , which crashes from nowhere to nowhere . |
| 15 | I could feel him right outside , but it bothered me that I had n't done anything . |
| 16 | But it saddens me that people could send death threats because they do n't agree with something . |
| 17 | ‘ There were plenty of verbals intended to frighten the life out of someone , but it disturbs me that Jones is talking proudly about hurting players . |
| 18 | To give me this day at your side was an unforeseen joy , but it oppresses me that it is undeserved : that Famagusta is not yet yours . |