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Example sentences of "but i [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	There are fairy rings of eight-inch-diameter horse-mushrooms and of shaggy parasols ( no good for eating raw , but I pick a bagful for later . )
2	‘ But I walk a fine line of ambiguity because I 'm also reaching a straight audience who need the education much more than the gay audience .
3	But I write a tolerable hand in English .
4	‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here .
5	‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about .
6	It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others .
7	‘ But I 've a nasty feeling , ’ she concluded dismally , ‘ that if you do find anything there , it 'll just be Alex 's body . ’
8	Yeah but I get a good I get a good say that again .
9	But I get a different feeling now when I look out over London .
10	But I get a woozy feeling when I watch them spoon away , and the plates , twenty or thirty of them — all fill up with the same thing …
11	But I mean a fixed rate is a bird in the hand , really , and I think they 're quite good at the moment .
12	But I hear a distant shout .
13	‘ But I know a great deal about you .
14	‘ But I know a special place , in the campagna — in the country — where you will see vineyards and ancient castles and rolling hills , where we can drink a wine that the gods would have kept for themselves if they could . ’
15	‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’
16	Reading my letter fifty-one years later , I am struck by its vigour , but I deplore a certain over-writing and perhaps a ‘ one-must-not attack Mr Eliot ’ tone .
17	I 'm not much of a cook but I do a passable roast .
18	I do n't want a big roaming house , but I want a decent sized house and with a bit of garden !
19	‘ Mimeme ’ comes from a suitable Greek root , but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like ‘ gene ’ .
20	But I want a Labour Britain to play its full part in bringing about a nuclear-free world , ’ Mr Kaufman said .
21	Do n't dawdle — but I want a thorough check . ’
22	It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman .
23	Difficult to prove at this stage when so many clam up but I have a distinct feeling that it was not only coupons that were being given away .
24	A piece of impudence on my part , really , but I have a strong sense of civic duty .
25	On one occasion he kicked at a fence which was enclosing a footpath , saying ' I have no respect for the Whigs , but I have a good deal of the Chartist in me' .
26	‘ But I have a good right peg and it ended up in the back of the net . ’
27	I have no clues about it , but I have a good vibe . ’
28	But I have a serious point here . ’
29	Those are all steel-strung guitars , but I have a regular nylon-strung one as well .
30	I would not presume to add anything to the Word of God but I have a sneaking suspicion that if Isaiah had been writing in the 1990s he might have added a phrase .