Example sentences of "i [modal v] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I might but it was only a phase . |
| 2 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 3 | Well I 'll but |
| 4 | I pushed as hard as I could but it was obvious there was no chance of passing him . ’ |
| 5 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And so I would , madam , if I could but confess , ’ suggested Isabel tentatively . |
| 7 | But at the end of all I sigh and think if I could but see old England again , and the dear , dear treasures it contains , I would contentedly sit down at my working table and stroke , stroke away to the end of the chapter , that is health permitting . ’ |
| 8 | I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need . |
| 10 | Well it were u under there with more of the rubble , so I brought it out to flatten it if I could but |
| 11 | I I could but I have to be very careful |
| 12 | Well I I I could but all |
| 13 | I thought I could , I thought I could I really thought I could but oh God I 'd be okay if I could |
| 14 | I would but it 's locked and we ca n't find the key … |
| 15 | I always said I would but you did n't believe me . |
| 16 | I would but I would like to hear from some of the women the mothers who have been struggling to raise children with relatively small amounts of money , whilst the husband |
| 17 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
| 18 | No I would but I would have told you that on the phone . |
| 19 | I know a , the Departement of Marne , what was , I would but I 'll have a guess at champagne . |
| 20 | And they say yeah I will but but presumably that tapers off and they do n't but it 's an interesting thing that on particular when you 're targeting certain things like pantomime do get people in I think there 's lot 's of people said this evening say actually build on that perhaps get those people to come back again so yes I did like it I I did like what I saw there I did like the way that I was treated I did like the whole ambience of the place like I 'll definitely come back again will they be viable to do that ? |
| 21 | Well I will but it maybe not that er . |
| 22 | Yeah I think I mean I will but |
| 23 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 24 | Well I will but I doubt this , oh god I 've got heap of things to do |
| 25 | So the third one comes up , the other one 's brother , and he says yeah I will but first of all you 've got to give me a corn on the cob with lots of butter on it to make it all slippery . |
| 26 | I will but I do n't want to get fucked . |
| 27 | I try and eat the rest of the doughnut as neat as I can but I end up all sugary and sticky . |
| 28 | I take care of myself , I eat sensibly , I try to maintain my face and body as best I can but I 'm not obsessive about it . |
| 29 | ‘ I know , and I have plans to have it , if I can but gather the energy in a month or two . |
| 30 | ‘ If I can but I do n't know too much about escaping . |