Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But I meant content rather than presentation .
2 Even those of us who are keen to return the residents to London can not turn the clock back to those days , but I recommend Tower House to someone who would like to see Malmesbury go more gently into the future .
3 Now I was talking to Dad I wanted to tell him about how Mum and I had found Granny and what wicked things Mum had done , but I knew Mum 's eyes were on me so I thought better of it .
4 But I hope Madame does n't expect me in a hat and gloves . ’
5 Constance had barely heard of it but said , with much more confidence than she was feeling , ‘ No , but I hope Ludo will take me there soon . ’
6 ‘ I do n't mind where I go , but I prefer opening , and the main thing is that you know where you are . ’
7 The progressive Dreamers Delight touched off the useful Texan Tycoon in a fast time at Newbury two weeks ago and deserves the greatest respect , but I prefer SATIN LOVER .
8 I know my modus operandi does n't find favour with everybody at Mephistco , not to mention with the unmentionable and unemployable Anya , but I prefer collaboration to outright conquest .
9 Obvious cracks soared to the left and right , reminiscent of Fairhead in Antrim , but I craved subtlety after the brutal corner we 'd just climbed .
10 But I remember Kielder Valley before it was flooded , when it was but a gleam in the developer 's eye ; and I remember the futile protests and the sadness of the communities who lost their homes .
11 But I remember Puzznic very fondly as a game that I could actually get my head around ( it 's very flexible you know ) ; even a thicko like me can understand the concept of joining corresponding icons together .
12 But I saw judgement in your face , and it shattered me , precisely because I know I must seem to deserve the very worst that anyone could imagine .
13 Accordingly this is schedules on page forty three , they overlap in numbers for their schedules three and four , erm come out at er the first of schedule three , thirty five thousand , six hundred and eighty six pounds seventeen per annum times thirteen and seven thousand , two hundred and eighty pounds per annum times thirteen as I er hope is correct arithmetically , but I invite correction in due course , adding all the figures for future care together , one gets to a figure of six hundred and fifty two thousand pounds , two , sorry , sixty hundred and fifty two , two , one zero , from that an agreed sum of thirty nine thousand , six hundred and ninety one pounds for disability living allowance , Paul 's to be deducted leaving six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and nineteen pounds .
14 The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the schemes have been highly successful , but I take issue with him on his assertion that the matter should be taken out of the hands of the district council and placed in the hands of the Scottish Office .
15 The Jubilee line extension will be a major new additional part of the infrastructure and will serve certain parts of south London , but I take note of my hon. Friend 's other comments .
16 But I 've money in the post office , ’ he said .
17 ‘ You 'll have to excuse me , Pa , ’ Patsy said rising , ‘ but I 've business to do .
18 The Design Controller does n't have a program written especially for changing the pattern but I 've spend some time wondering if any of the programs could be used for this purpose , even if they were n't originally intended to be ; however , I 've had no success .
19 You might ask yourselves why I bother writing this , but I get kind of worried when I hear such news .
20 I try doing it , but I get sort of tangled up .
21 No but I mean conversation , it 's conversation with my friends and conversation with my parents
22 And I mean it is your sort of second home , and the guys that you work with every every week , I mean sort of become , I mean it 's a bit of a cliche to say , but I mean part of a family that you living out there that you live with out there and it is a real I mean when you think of the number that was lost , I mean there were a lot of close friends involved in it .
23 But I mean stuff like memos small memos and things like that by the time I 've sat and written it out I could 've put it straight onto a word processor myself and got it typed .
24 Well er it it will be for elected members of course to decide but I mean County Councillors are elected by local people to represent local people but also take decisions on behalf of the community .
25 Yeah , but I mean paper qualifications do n't mean anything really but that 's what people want , they want to see that you 've got
26 the same you know with me , but I mean end of day you 've got it to do
27 But I mean feudalism
28 hoover my house but I mean father 's now put irons and toasters on side the bed and oh Gilly
29 Oh I know , but I mean sort of there , I do n't know she would actually when it comes to it , but if we see her up there cos we can do the
30 I may eat too much , I know I drink too much , but I pursue justice and do the best I can . ’
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