Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day was high and bright , the salt tang seasoning the after-pulse of summer heat which still hung in the air , but nothing could shift my sense of despondency , nagging depression . |
| 2 | She , well she cooks her chicken for only fifteen minutes , but I would cook my chicken |
| 3 | But I 'll tell my daddy — and he 'll go to jail . ’ |
| 4 | But I 'll drop my English after Christmas . |
| 5 | But I shall take my dressing-case and , of course , my clothes , if you would send … ’ |
| 6 | Then she thought , But I should declare my allegiance now . |
| 7 | But I will keep my word , my dear — I can see just how much it means to you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But I will keep my independence . |
| 9 | " But I will call my servant who will take you to my sister ; maybe she can help you . " |
| 10 | " No , my son , but I will call my servant Pitsi to take you to my sister ; maybe she will know . " |
| 11 | That is not my direct responsibility , but I will ask my colleague the Under-Secretary of State to reply to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 12 | But I can find my way to the very centre of it . |
| 13 | ‘ But I can ask my friend if he has left by any internal flight . ’ |
| 14 | But I can remember my father coming back from the death bed and saying the old man was babbling about a grandson . |
| 15 | Yeah , but I can hear my voice louder than yours . |
| 16 | But I 'd let my gaze slip back down to the wonderfully out thrust cloth over Sergia 's chest , so I was n't picking up every detail . |
| 17 | More or less , but I used to buy my bacon from 's . |
| 18 | " You do n't know me , " he 'd bellow , " but you may know my brother . " |
| 19 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 20 | But you will support my story ? " |
| 21 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |
| 22 | They would never stay in my bedroom very long , but you can imagine my excitement each lunchtime as I watched them arrive in the garden , enter the house and quack their way up to me , as regular as clockwork . |
| 23 | But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street , watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it . |
| 24 | ‘ But who will superintend my work in future ? ’ |
| 25 | But we could take my mother on the other one . |
| 26 | These points are not exhaustive , but they will serve my purpose . |
| 27 | ‘ But it can touch my hand if it likes . ’ |
| 28 | I know he 's doing God 's work , but it will break my heart to see him leave ! ’ and she broke down in tears . |