Example sentences of "but i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I took the point , for I am neither an institution nor an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 32 | But I took the brunt of their anger . |
| 33 | But I took the job . |
| 34 | But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it . |
| 35 | no , but I took the bits that I wanted , and my bits and I 'll try and get on that |
| 36 | My wide feet found them a bit tight , but I swapped the footbeds for the Sanmarco ones , which are much thinner , and both pairs then fitted me better — a leaf taken from Merrell 's book . |
| 37 | " No , I was not : I 'm not a member of the South Tipperary Brigade , but I heard the details from one of the lads there , and they 've since been confirmed by the Big Fellow himself . " |
| 38 | But I heard the Town Hall was having one , not the Town , was it the Town Hall or Community Council having one between , I think it 's the Town Hall , between Christmas and New Year and really I do n't think it 's worth their while having them then . |
| 39 | I did n't even notice that , but I did notice her across the road at Mrs and know so right she 'd been there I just did n't notice where she went , but I heard the bell ring and I could see this anorak through there and me mind thought Mrs , perhaps it 's Mrs but then when I saw this this lady well I just did n't know what to think really . |
| 40 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
| 41 | Well no , that was another thing more or less as I was coming out the door they 'd got the news thing on and this was Australia the new prime minister , I do n't know his name , he 's running down I did n't hear it properly but I heard the gist of it , erm and it |
| 42 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 43 | ‘ No war would ever reach this part of the world , ’ said Robins , ‘ but I remember the last in Europe . |
| 44 | I had not seen the upstairs rooms since they were finished , but I remember the job they had with the bathroom , and with this . ’ |
| 45 | But I remember the Head of Network Production , Stuart Wyton , saying confidentially to me : " We ca n't give it to you , Bruce — you 're too identified with TWW . " |
| 46 | But I remember the excitement in my children 's faces . |
| 47 | And at the court I can remember this as a kid , at the court , of course I was n't in at at the court but I remember the story the blacklegs er picked out people and said they and they and they threw stones you see , through the window . |
| 48 | I had only met her once before the film brought us together , but I remember the occasion well . |
| 49 | But I remember the train and the guy with the personal stereo , and I know it was just chance that we met . |
| 50 | I was ill at the time with the ague but I remember the verdict being recorded . |
| 51 | Going down with my dad who had been president of the lifeboat here for about fifty years , to meet the lifeboat as come in with survivors , I was just a wee boy at the time but I remember the Icelandic trawler , the Geyser and one of the first to be put ashore off the lifeboat that night , was a wee lassie , and she came across the pier and she came to me , because I was the only kid down there that night . |
| 52 | to the matches like but I remember the North End and the South End . |
| 53 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 54 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |
| 55 | But I saw the sheen of her lipstick as she drowned in stinking slurry . |
| 56 | I had heard my mother 's friends sometimes whispering ruefully of The Change , but I saw the loss of innocence as the greatest and the worst change . |
| 57 | ‘ It is kind in you to make such a pretence , but I saw the compassion in your face , and I am grateful for it . |
| 58 | ‘ You 're not identical twins , ’ said Mrs Maybury , getting to her feet , ‘ but I saw the resemblance straight away . |
| 59 | Something about some development plan , then she says , ah , she did n't like how the houses were laid out because one was behind the other , but I saw the plan last time and , and , and it did n't look quite bad . |
| 60 | I never saw them , but I saw the , the clips for it . |