Example sentences of "but i [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The 6ft 4in hitman said : ‘ I do n't think my season has really started yet but I hope to rectify that now . |
| 2 | So often the push is in the opposite direction to doing research which does n't involve one in long-term contact with the schools , and this of course is one of the reasons why this type of research is n't so often done , but I hope to do some more work in classrooms , yes . |
| 3 | So often the push is in the opposite direction , to doing research which does n't involve one in long-term contact with the schools and this , of course , is one of the reasons why this type of research is n't so often done , but I hope to do some more work in classrooms , yes . |
| 4 | Oh hang on I 'm leaving at ten cos I want to be there a little early and start them but I hope to get some perks . |
| 5 | But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me . |
| 6 | We could insert ‘ Christian truths ’ ( or doctrines or promises ) for ‘ Christian presuppositions ’ , but I prefer to speak this way to focus attention on what a presupposition does rather than on what it is . |
| 7 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
| 8 | We may or not with the squad system but I intend to play all my cards . ’ |
| 9 | Oh it was probably not you , that was probably somebody else then but I remember seeing that , you know |
| 10 | ‘ He would like us to get married , but I 've said that would make things very awkward for you . |
| 11 | But I 've said this before , and I 'll say it again . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's so difficult to remember , but I 've said this before , so I 'll probably have to stick to it . ’ |
| 13 | I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 've done enough crying . |
| 15 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 16 | Neil Back is a similar built to Robbo , but I 've seen little of him in action . |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry , friend , but I 've seen that one before . |
| 18 | When we were seven or eight we could clear the place up as good as my Mum … but I 've seen some girls — like my aunt 's little girl and she 's fifteen , she 's just hopeless . |
| 19 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 20 | got it somewhere in this house but I 've told some chap , a bit of a Welsh there er I said , Now but it was Welsh there . . . |
| 21 | But I 've got all seven good ones . |
| 22 | That 's what I 'd have been doing if I had been there so you 're not so different from me Peter , so you might have , you might be different in other ways John , but I 've got that weakness as well . |
| 23 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 24 | Sorry I 've got to throw you out on time , but I 've got another appointment at four . |
| 25 | But I 've got enough You 'll write Will |
| 26 | I know I should give a month 's notice but I 've got some leave due ; you can take that instead . ’ |
| 27 | I only wish I had time to stay and talk , but I 've got some paperwork to get through right now . ’ |
| 28 | but I 've got some left of that beef , so |
| 29 | I would , he said , but I 've got this thing called Slik just going . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been using a Les Paul Gold Top for a long time — a ‘ 59 reissue with P-90s — but I 've got this unfortunate habit of getting pissed off onstage and tossing the odd guitar , so rather than risk the Gold Top any more I 've bought one of these new Hamers , which is styled after a '50s Les Paul Special . |