Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a nice reason but I ca n't tell you now . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I ca n't tell you anything else … you 'll have to go now . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But I ca n't tell you anything . |
| 4 | Well , that was fair enough , and , twisting her fine lace handkerchief in her hands , she had said steadily , ‘ Yes , I 'll see him , but I ca n't tell you what my answer will be . |
| 5 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 6 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
| 7 | But I ca n't offer you anything , the situation is so grave now in Italy . ’ |
| 8 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 9 | PLAYER : They 're hardly divisible , sir — well , I can do you blood and love without the rhetoric , and I can do you blood and rhetoric without the love , and I can do you all three concurrent or consecutive , but I ca n't do you love and rhetoric without the blood . |
| 10 | Erm we expect to see improvements on chlorine , but I ca n't give you a time . |
| 11 | ‘ But I ca n't pay you at the moment . |
| 12 | But I ca n't let you go . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , but I ca n't let you do that , ’ she protested , pulling out of the warm security of his arms . |
| 14 | No — ’ in answer to Herr Nordern 's promptings — ‘ I 'm truly sorry but I ca n't join you today . |
| 15 | But I ca n't get you out of the girls ’ house . ’ |
| 16 | but I ca n't mark you on what you 've not put . |
| 17 | ‘ But I ca n't help you , Charlie . |
| 18 | ’ But I ca n't help you ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I ca n't help you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But I ca n't drive you back , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 21 | No I can hear I can hear erm Caroline but I ca n't hear you . |
| 22 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 23 | But I would n't expect you to take my word for it , that 's why I 'm drawing on the Department 's manual which confirms my own experience . |
| 24 | ‘ But … oh , heavens , this sounds arrogant , as if I 'm some irresistible Lolita or something … but I would n't want you getting any ideas about me while we 're thrown together like this … ’ |
| 25 | I do think some formal education could start sooner , but I would n't want you or the listeners to think that nursery education and formal education are one and the same . |
| 26 | I do think some formal education could start sooner , but I would n't want you or the listeners to think that nursery education and formal education are one and the same . |
| 27 | Or you could , but I would n't believe you . |
| 28 | but I would still bet you that , I 'm not gon na say that , that their eating well , but they 'll , they 'll be eating , they 'll be eating twice the amount of as a civilian |
| 29 | But first a little bit of background , cos I 'm sure you 've all read through the the notice and details about me , but I 'll just remind you about some highlights . |
| 30 | But I 'll not bore you with second-hand accounts of the way he lives . |