Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps you think I had no right to be . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 4 | But so I mean I think the case for Regional Government is definitely there and I 'm surprised by Councillor , I 'm surprised that you said your group is n't seeing it . |
| 5 | They called me ‘ baby-face ’ when they were annoyed , but generally they treated me with respect . |
| 6 | I really meant to get in touch with you again after Paris , but somehow I felt I 'd blown it . |
| 7 | Mr but like I pretended I had to go and see him not because I had to go and see him just because I did n't wan na go to assembly really ! |
| 8 | I said , but like you tell me it 's your life , mm |
| 9 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 10 | So , but still I suppose I have some residual identification with , with my own ethnic national group . |
| 11 | The endearment eased the expression of pain on his face a little , but still he held me and still he searched my eyes for something I knew was n't there . |
| 12 | But later she told me , ‘ I do worry about Ian . |
| 13 | And he listened , he would n't really say what he had been doing , but later he showed me some of the things he 'd done in the Hebrides . |
| 14 | In the beginning they demanded small change , but now they ask me for £2 or £3 every time they see me . |
| 15 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 16 | I 've only been there once and I thought he did n't like me much , but now he wants me to do a dozen PDs tomorrow . ’ |
| 17 | I thought I knew everything about you all — every last tiny little , dirty little thing — but now you surprise me . |
| 18 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 19 | But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships . |
| 20 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 21 | Where was the little girl , or er younger I do n't want to make up because , but now I feeling I 'm aged it , I should be wearing some make up here , with just a feeling we should be , when I look in the mirror oh its getting old so |
| 22 | I started paying for this myself two years ago — and I want to keep it a secret from him — but now I find I ca n't continue the payments . |
| 23 | But now I reckon I deserve a holiday . ’ |
| 24 | But now I see I was wrong . |
| 25 | But now I think I know . |
| 26 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 27 | As you know , for many years I have devoted time to families in my parish who foster babies for the charity , but now I feel I can do more . |
| 28 | But now I feel I should have sprung it on him more or less suddenly . |
| 29 | But well I mean I think |
| 30 | Well it 's just erm ah I do n't know , I mean there 's there 's certain things I mean , it it 's like this maths I mean , I I spoke to her erm and she said yes Lee had come on and everything in his maths and I said we the thing is , I said , knowing Lee has difficulty in in th l in the high level maths , yes you do n't want to drop him , but surely I said I 'm willing to help in my spare time , Lee 's willing to do it and I said ca n't you show Lee I said I 'm not I was n't trying to tell her |