Example sentences of "but she [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never been to such a show before — not at all the thing that well-bred young ladies are supposed to attend — but she made me laugh … |
| 2 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 3 | I think about phoning her mobile but she hates me doing that so I do n't . |
| 4 | you know , she said , but she said I keep it |
| 5 | Yeah , you said , that 's Mrs 's boy , but she said I thought the two big ones wherever |
| 6 | But she said I hate that place , I 'm not going . |
| 7 | but she said I want , no , Keith had three thousand we ought to have it and erm , I said it 's mum and dad 's money it 's got nothing to do with you , you 've got kids , we 've had that money |
| 8 | But she said I do n't mind because I would like to take my boat but I ca n't . |
| 9 | she said oh yes you will , then she said to me I 'm sorry to tell you you did n't make , she said you made exc , but she said I do n't want you to feel erm disgruntled she said because er , you done a fabulous interview , the only thing that let you down was of lack of experience , so I said well you 're never gon na get any cos you , nobody let's you in , they do n't open the door |
| 10 | But she says I 've had but she says and she says she was the one wanted me over to sit |
| 11 | But she says I 've had enough of this now and it there do n't help |
| 12 | She could go on to the other station but she says I enjoy being in so much I use it . |
| 13 | I wanted to go with her to the train , but she told me to stay at home otherwise I 'd get lost on the way back . |
| 14 | ‘ They got down to forty-five-second intervals , and I asked Gabrielle if she 'd mind not giving birth until the end of the episode , but she told me to find a nurse — fast . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's a menace , but she makes me laugh . ’ |
| 16 | But she makes me laugh though . |
| 17 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 18 | I 'm not very good at it , but she makes me try even though I keep burning it . " |
| 19 | She was obviously puzzled , but she invited me to sit down , and offered me a glass of sherry . |
| 20 | That 's , well , it kind of lets my steam off a bit ; it does n't hurt , but she knows I mean business . |
| 21 | No , but she wants me to bring you back for a meal . |
| 22 | ‘ She did n't want to go — but she wanted me to walk her downstairs . |