Example sentences of "but i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My knowledge of programming is limited to BBC Basic — I am a phonetician by training , but I learnt the basics of programming on a staff development course and then taught myself , using the Manual and advice from staff in the IT centre . |
| 2 | But I figured the jeans would n't last long . |
| 3 | But I knew the tune before its television debut , having learnt it from William C. Honeyman 's Strathspey , Reel and Hornpipe Tutor . |
| 4 | ‘ But I knew the Old Course was difficult . |
| 5 | But I knew the answer . |
| 6 | I went ahead and asked all the usual questions but I knew the answers already . |
| 7 | But I knew the answer to that . |
| 8 | The house is fairly modest as stately homes go but I knew the gardens were outstanding as soon as I glimpsed them . |
| 9 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 10 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 11 | Sir Denis he may be but I fancy the measures being poured in the big rooms have been even more liberal ( small ‘ l ’ , of course ) than before . |
| 12 | I do n't recall precisely with whom , but I raised the concerns towards the end of nineteen eighty six or at , or at the beginning , beginning of nineteen eighty seven |
| 13 | The intertidal zone is sometimes referred to as the littoral zone , but I use the term eulittoral . |
| 14 | The phrase ‘ the holism of the mental ’ is used in a number of ways ; but I hope the reader now understands what I intend by it . |
| 15 | I am grateful to them , but I hope the subject can now be dropped . |
| 16 | I think printing Hartley Peavey 's letter in the same issue as mine was maybe a bit of a gaffe — but I hope the local amp repairer does n't have a slip of the brain when he fixes your amp , or your local mechanic does n't connect up your battery in the car properly . |
| 17 | it sounds like a Trivial Pursuits question , but I hope the analogy ends there ! |
| 18 | But I hope the articles in this issue of the magazine will say to you , as they do to me : you can fool some people some of the time , but you ca n't fool most people for ever . |
| 19 | It is all good vote-winning stuff , but I hope the electorate will not be fooled by it ’ |
| 20 | The plane 's registration number was so faded as to be illegible , but I recognised the machine anyway . |
| 21 | ‘ I came back for pre-season perfectly all right and fit , but I twisted the ankle in the first minute of our first workout game against Brentford at the training ground . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I knew my club would hit the rock but I popped the ball up to 20ft and two-putted . |
| 23 | But I prefer the stage really . |
| 24 | ‘ When our two wee ones came along , we had to have the ixtra room , but I prefer the old part of the house . |
| 25 | But I prefer the ones from albums that were artistically superior . ’ |
| 26 | Now I 'm not I like I like the thought of but I prefer the thought of in work and how people can work together using this type of thing and think about it in the context of work rather than in the context that it talks about erm and it 'll be interesting to talk to you tomorrow so if to see what you think have the think about the things we 've talked about . |
| 27 | Oh I , I like them but I prefer the crisp ones . |
| 28 | In any case other activities got in the way of getting to the Sunday services , but I managed the rehearsals and some weekday 5pm services . |
| 29 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 30 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |