Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now so what you 're going to do you work together but I would prefer you in twos and threes I think third person 's redundant . |
| 2 | I could list many further complaints arising from proximity to a military unit , but I would urge you at least to abate the nuisance of bugles forthwith , or the matter will be dealt with at a rather higher level . |
| 3 | The formula here is to say : ‘ I understand that you [ state how you think they feel ] but I would like you to … ’ |
| 4 | Well in that case I would n't put him on er on a job that was made out on site but I would keep him in the |
| 5 | ‘ But I would play him in the juniors if I could . |
| 6 | But I might do it by talking to them rather than by writing to them . |
| 7 | But I 'll pay you for the two lots of coffee . |
| 8 | well my wife 's in the rag trade and this morning she 's got er , a fashion show starting , and I 'll bet you , I do n't know this , but I 'll bet you at least two of her manufacturers will have sent her samples to put in that show which probably will arrive at nine o'clock this morning . |
| 9 | So , needless to say I do n't like them , but I 'll show you on the A to Z where Upper Parliament Street is . |
| 10 | Never mind I 'll sew them on for you , I hate sewing but I 'll do it for you Mary Lou . |
| 11 | a green one or something , but I 'll do it as a red one |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I 'll still be here tomorrow , as air traffic is functioning normally and I have some urgent matters to attend to back in Hong Kong , but I 'll see you on Friday anyway . ’ |
| 13 | He let us off he said you two are supposed to get a late mark but I 'll let you off this time three and we 've got a detention . |
| 14 | ‘ Yeah , old Fred 's a real card , but I 'll get him for you tonight . ’ |
| 15 | But I 'll get it at my price , not theirs . |
| 16 | But I 'll get it in the end . ’ |
| 17 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 18 | fucking laugh , so I said to her no I said it is this week Julie I said and it 's towards the end of the week but I 'll ring you by the weekend and let you know , well of course come the Thursday morning I have n't seen Val , and I was ever so upset because it really the end of the line money wise , I could n't do any more |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'll catch him at it yet , ’ he wound up , wagging a threatening hand at the window . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 'll phone you at the weekend . |
| 21 | After his triumph , Benn said : ‘ I do n't want to fight Eubank because I do n't like him but I 'll take it for the million he was asking for . ’ |
| 22 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 23 | Thanks to you , I can not give him my name , but I shall furnish him with everything else he needs , including love . |
| 24 | I thought : that story is relevant to nothing , but I shall remember it until my dying day . |
| 25 | The answer is , if they had a particular general part of the study , but I shall stick them on the wall , er , with Blue Tac , but I shall stick the Blue Tac on the so I shall just make that point , so that if some particular person whose just taken it on , do n't ask about the use of Blue Tac in his room . |
| 26 | The figures that I am about to present to the House will embarrass the Leader of the House , but I shall get them on the record none the less . |
| 27 | So what I 'm actually saying is that I 'm making my objective an elephant , it 's too large i e if I wanted to eat an elephant , it 's too large an objective , but I could achieve it by what ? |
| 28 | But I could do them in the smaller size . ’ |
| 29 | no , but I could get it on the Tuesday , she said if you had n't got it by the Tuesday , to let us know on the Wednesday |
| 30 | I was n't listening , but I could hear it from the dining room . |