Example sentences of "but i [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I know she knows , but I worry that maybe I have n't said the right words the right way . |
| 2 | Her kindness touched me , but I knew that soon she would hear the lies about me , and then she would hate me ! |
| 3 | Mind you , he did n't force me , but I knew that even successful businessmen asked his advice , so perhaps I might find out what this study of how to work was all about . |
| 4 | We seldom discussed politics but I knew that even though they belonged officially to a Fascist organization their sentiments were more inclined to the local brand of Communism . |
| 5 | But I knew that somewhere down the line there would be some formal identification or an inquest where , with my luck , I 'd run across Billy 's mum and the cat would be out of the bag , to coin a very sick phrase . |
| 6 | But I knew that almost from the very start , ’ he said grimly . |
| 7 | As you may know the agreement has been the subject of some discussion , but I hope that now we have a form of words which recognises the interests of both parties to the agreement . |
| 8 | But I hope that as soon as possible we can with the various approvals and that the money will be found because I would suggest , without the speed reducing measures , this scheme will be a complete waste of money . |
| 9 | But I regret that nowhere has any formal green belt as yet been proposed . |
| 10 | but I mean that probably would n't appeal to the people we have presently seeking maternity leave . |
| 11 | But I mean that yesterday afternoon you 'd have thought the bloody things were in here would n't |
| 12 | So , if erm so your , your , your principal complaint , I maybe wrong it maybe not your principal , look at page a hundred and twenty seven for your assistance , erm standard form of agreements restricted competitions , the service of the petitions or the agents provided so this is names and thereby restrict the competition as the agents them say erm then impose on that it was a regime etcetera , erm that the , the competitive the anti competitive one is your sub paragraph one is n't it ? , on page one , two , seven your saying look here is a of , of dictated through their bi-laws , a standard form that all agents must use , you say , erm , er that that restricts competition because it means that agents are free , or as free as they ought to be , erm to compete with each other or providing services to outside names , I follow that , I did n't say I except it , but I follow that entirely , erm , but does n't , does n't , if you 're right does n't it follow that the agreements are void ? |
| 13 | I wished this could go on for ever but I realised that all too soon I would have to return . |
| 14 | but I know that quite often they |
| 15 | I know about these pirate recordings and they cause a lot of trouble — this is something we have to be very careful about with our CD videos — but I know that sometimes there are things that we can never recapture and it is understandable that people will want to have them . |
| 16 | ‘ But I thought that only referred to KITS ! ’ |
| 17 | well it is n't even a priority , it 's nothing , they wo n't get the money , th they wo n't pay for walk to go swimming but I thought that now that the has acquired that bus and it 's gon na be standing around doing nothing for most of the time and it 's a twenty nine seater bus . |
| 18 | Erm I 'm not quite sure about this , I may be wrong , but I thought that maybe that you could 've erm questioned him a little bit more about why he thought he needed to speak to his accountant . |
| 19 | We may regret we live in a permissive society but I doubt whether even the most staunch defender of a better age would maintain that all or even most of those who have at one time or in one way or another been led astray morally have thereby become depraved or corrupt " . |
| 20 | How the poor fellow finally got his report together I do not know but I doubt that even he did n't realise that he was dealing with a supernatural force that did what it liked when it liked . |
| 21 | Mike Gatting will probably get the job this winter , but I doubt if either he or the two younger contenders , Mike Atherton and Alex Stewart , are quite up to the task of masterminding a major English renaissance . |
| 22 | Erm , in those days , but I doubt if now , anybody would |
| 23 | but I query as well , whether just because you reduce the number of spa passengers in it that you , you , you do n't need a P S V licence , or the equivalent is n't a P S V licence but it 's , it 's |
| 24 | But but I query as well whether , just because you reduce the number of passengers in it , that you do n't need a P S V licence or the equivalent , it is n't a P S V licence but it 's it 's |
| 25 | I seem to use these up at a surprisingly high rate these days ( particularly the 8 pin type ) , but I suppose that practically every project is based on d.i.l. integrated circuits these days . |
| 26 | It did cross my mind that she might actually get across the damn thing and hit land before the wind dropped , but I reckoned that even if that happened I had done my best , and honour was satisfied . |
| 27 | and I was meant to be taking it in today , but I forgot and so I just |
| 28 | I do n't know why but I see that more clearly now than I ever did at the time . |
| 29 | erm so no certainly they asked me about it and so on but I think that rather like their food forum they might like to get a communications forum going erm because they 've been thinking about having a Business Club and various other things because they 're involved with the Management Programme and all sorts of things and they maybe going to do some training for heads and people like that |
| 30 | But I think that secretly the vice-chancellor and the other grown-ups were delighted by this kind of behaviour , as it proved beyond any reasonable doubt that we were students and they were teachers . |