Example sentences of "but [verb] that i " in BNC.
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1 | I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard . |
2 | I began by squeezing colour into a small ceramic well palette but found that I did not have enough colour for what I wanted to do . |
3 | I pointed out that people liked to have something to sit on but promised that I 'd leave him plenty of scope for pacing , which was the way he did his thinking . |
4 | One particularly cold winter I gave in but stipulated that I must n't be around when it happened . |
5 | I have often wondered where they do come from but confess that I have absolutely no idea . |
6 | I would prefer to go in the kop , but failing that I 'd like to try the new East stand . |
7 | Oh I know but saying that I think my kiddies ' school 's all right so I 've got |
8 | You are welcome to call me at home on if you want to discuss this , but note that I am away between the 3rd-19th April . |
9 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
10 | Which may make her happy but means that I am losing my marbles , and Darius thinks I 've betrayed him , and Victor would swallow his cigar . |
11 | Now I am 74 and think that i understand it but wish that I did not . |
12 | But to say that I have had an experience of God , whom I claim to be a transcendent being outside myself , can not be self-authenticating . |
13 | But notice that I 'm pouring slowly and gently away from me into the dish which I shall then put in here , and I 'm going to put the the plate , which I described to you before , which has been covered with what 's on the back ? |
14 | ‘ I was n't intending to play singles league tennis that season but suggested that I might be able to help out the youngsters and we won most of our matches 5–0 or 4–1 , ’ said Minnis . |
15 | ‘ Give her my best , please , but explain that I 'm very busy , that I ca n't possibly — ’ |
16 | As it turned out , Donovan Reid won and I came second , missing the third individual place but feeling that I was in with a chance of making the relay team . |