Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [verb] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 2 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 3 | But I would like to refer you to the erm notice of approval of the nineteen eighty structure plan where I think erm there there is a phrase to the effect that a policy of broad restraint of development is erm erm er accepted by the was accepted by the then Secretary of State on the basis of the high environmental quality of the county . |
| 4 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 5 | This is something we must come back to — the whole question of how young conductors are best trained and developed — but I would like to ask you about your years in Aachen . |
| 6 | ‘ But I would like to see you again this evening to take a fuller statement . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Mikhail … we are still comparative strangers , but I would have hoped you already knew me better than that . |
| 9 | But I would have thought you could have got away with banking once a week . |
| 10 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 11 | No I would but I would have told you that on the phone . |
| 12 | But I 'll have to tell you a bit of my history . |
| 13 | SALESPERSON : Yes , the initial cost of the tractor is a little higher than competitors ' models , but I should like to show you how , over the life-time of the machine , ours works out to be far more economical . |
| 14 | You may not like me for it but I will have to drive you hard if you are to learn all you will need to survive what you will face . |
| 15 | But I 'd like to see you again , when we can make time . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 'd like to put you over my knee and paddle your behind , young lady . |
| 17 | You may have heard about the Family Bond before , but I 'd like to remind you how attractive this investment plan really is . |
| 18 | Oh , I do n't matter — I 'm nothing , nobody , just the bloody fool who keeps a roof over your head — but I 'd have thought you 'd have the decency not to drag Tom into it … . ’ |
| 19 | But I 'd have thought you might , ’ Tweed commented . |