Example sentences of "but he [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ooh he kept , but he kept I 'd even worked out my train to , from Ealing down |
| 2 | But he said I probably wo n't taking any notice of it at all . |
| 3 | Well , er er er it 's all on , well I could n't understand it , he said , but he said I 'll give you one because he said after all I wrote it here did n't I ? |
| 4 | Certainly , nobody else wanted me , but he said I had character . ’ |
| 5 | Well , that is , he did n't give it to me , but he said I could use it until its rightful owner turned up . ’ |
| 6 | No but he said I did quite well |
| 7 | This is what I said to him this is what I said to him an but he said I I see you with all your get up and go so I did n't make any reply to that . |
| 8 | And I thought he would say something like , you know something really silly , about fifty , sixty thousand , but he said I think a hundred and fifty thousand 's enough . |
| 9 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 10 | But he said I think |
| 11 | And he said he 's quite prepared to do it , he said , there would n't be no problem but he said I can not do it , he said they are |
| 12 | Oh do n't forget these lads , but he said I 've got a present for you lads . |
| 13 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 14 | No but he had I mean he had a screen and er |
| 15 | ‘ But he knew I was pledging my honour to the king 's peace . |
| 16 | ‘ I know I went to the ice rink and the pictures with Bill O'Hagan but he knew I went out with other fellows as well . |
| 17 | But he knew I was coming to Slane , and , I suppose , because he knew you , knew you came from Slane , he thought it would be amusing to force us to meet … ’ |
| 18 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
| 19 | But he believed I was really on to something . ’ |
| 20 | They clammed up after a bit and would n't show me everything , but he thinks I put it all in the water hoping Harry would get tangled in it . ’ |
| 21 | So but he thinks I 've got away with it but the pus in my mouth right now |
| 22 | I tell Mr Jackson that , but he says I ca n't take him with me cos they do n't let us keep pets at Combe Court . |
| 23 | But he says I gets on like quite well with Peter and |
| 24 | ‘ But he knows I always do what 's best for everyone — do n't you , son ? ’ |
| 25 | but he did I a favour at by bringing out er a law that said that they must provide something like this . |
| 26 | But he pretended I 'd been bothering him for something , he was clever about it , it seemed real . ’ |