Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , well she cooks her chicken for only fifteen minutes , but I would cook my chicken |
| 2 | I am not such a fathead as to attempt to describe the pleasure of eating , but I would draw your attention to the vegetable soup cooked with a hambone ( le garbure ) , to the river trout braised in Henri IV 's favourite Juranon wine , the grilled breast of duck . |
| 3 | It 's for those reasons , sir , that the City Council feels that it can no longer support the proposed proposals for new settlement , just to come to your question about the issue of scale , I am not able to define what er small is in P P G three , it 's obviously been left deliberately vague , but I would draw your attention to the Ucwetec T P A study I 've just referred to which makes it quite clear in their terms that to be self contained in transport terms the nearest any settlement ne really needs to be in excess of twenty thousand people . |
| 4 | Filtration is by a Fluval 3 internal power filter , but I would like your opinion on a system which requires no water changes , but where all the waste is dealt with by the equipment . |
| 5 | But I would need your help . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'll tell my daddy — and he 'll go to jail . ’ |
| 7 | But I 'll drop my English after Christmas . |
| 8 | Lewis laughed , ‘ Well , no , ca n't claim I do know , but I 'll take your word for it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't say , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ that I 've ever bedded a ship , but I 'll take your word for it . |
| 11 | And he went to the doctor and the doctor said well you have n't got anything wrong with your skull but I 'll take your blood pressure . |
| 12 | But I shall take my dressing-case and , of course , my clothes , if you would send … ’ |
| 13 | It was an unpleasant shock to discover Bentley Drummle there , but I could imagine his reason for visiting the area . |
| 14 | PS I told Nero you 'd meet him at Dover but I should leave your chariot behind he might not understand if you cut him in two , he 's funny that way . |
| 15 | Then she thought , But I should declare my allegiance now . |
| 16 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I wo n't keep you longer than necessary , but I should appreciate your opinion of Francis the sort of man he was . ’ |
| 17 | Neil Caldwell is on holiday until the 19th January 1993 but I will pass your letter on to him when he returns . |
| 18 | But I will keep my word , my dear — I can see just how much it means to you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I will keep my independence . |
| 20 | I am afraid Mr Simon Murison-Bowie , in whose area of expertise your proposals lie , is out of the country at present , but I will put your letter before him on his return . |
| 21 | " But I will call my servant who will take you to my sister ; maybe she can help you . " |
| 22 | " No , my son , but I will call my servant Pitsi to take you to my sister ; maybe she will know . " |
| 23 | That is not my direct responsibility , but I will ask my colleague the Under-Secretary of State to reply to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 24 | I firmly subscribe to the school of thought that says , ‘ I may hate what you have to say , but I will defend your right to say it . ’ |
| 25 | My husband tries to be sympathetic , but I can tell his patience is running out . |
| 26 | But I can justify its inclusion on a couple of points . |
| 27 | ‘ I can see you are distressed by the business conducted here , but I can put your mind at rest . |
| 28 | You reach a point where you 're not certain , then be big enough to say , I do n't know , but I can phone our man who does . |
| 29 | But I can find my way to the very centre of it . |
| 30 | ‘ Slaven has been chosen before by Jack Charlton , but I can understand his disappointment . |