Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said that I could not commit myself as my academic time was not yet finished , but I would like to be at their disposal later . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 3 | But I would like to be more ambitious : we will harness all the BBC 's skills across radio and TV , the regions and World Service to mount such major specials . |
| 4 | The deadline is Monday 3rd of May , but I would need to be sure the article will arrive ( sooner if you can do it ) . |
| 5 | Yes , but I 'll try to be brief . |
| 6 | I fancy a cup of coffee from the buffet , but I 'll have to be careful with money . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , thanks for explaining it all to me , but I 'll have to be going too , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 8 | But I 'll have to be very careful with it I I do expect , I would expect , that there would be inquiries for that kind of investment here erm it 's just that we have n't any major ones in the last couple of years of that type because the overall framework here is opposed to it . |
| 9 | The deadline is the 10th May , but I will need to be sure the article will arrive ! |
| 10 | I know what I think Miss Green 's up to but I 'd like to be sure . ’ |
| 11 | But I 'd like to be involved in creating beautiful things . |
| 12 | I 'd be comfortable , of course , but I 'd like to be happy , too . |
| 13 | " You 'll excuse me , sir , I know , but I 'd like to be sure exactly who I 'm talking to . |
| 14 | I could go out and buy spatulas and torpedos , but I 'd have to be quick . |
| 15 | But I 'd hate to be huge in America and hated in Britain . ’ |
| 16 | Prognosis — not a punishingly long course , but you 'll need to be a good putter to break par ! . |
| 17 | But you 'll have to be speaking up ! ’ |
| 18 | When we get back to Dublin there will be time for that , but you 'll have to be patient with me . |
| 19 | You wo n't necessarily need a sophisticated carrying system with full hip belt , but you 'll have to be careful to limit your load to avoid crippled neck and shoulders ! |
| 20 | ‘ Like I said , I enjoyed being with her , but you would have to be some kind of retard to get turned on in those scenes by thinking I am kissing a sex symbol … |
| 21 | But you would have to be awfully sure that you were destined for the gallows to put to sea in a small boat during a storm . |
| 22 | During the day there was a factory and you used to have to make boxes , or if you were a cleaner you used to have to scrub the landings and everything , or there was a farm and you could work there — but you used to have to be really trusted to work on that . |
| 23 | If you allow the opponent to come too close , then a step forward may not be necessary but you will have to be very quick with your responses ! |
| 24 | Autumn leaves do n't mind this sort of treatment , but you will have to be extremely careful when handling pressed flowers . |
| 25 | but you 'd want to be able to know that you can I do n't know , I mean , I , I think , with , with the place I am now I just do n't know what to make of it really |
| 26 | Daisy wished she could paint it , but you 'd need to be Lady Butler to capture that lot . |
| 27 | He was a man capable of great charm , but she would have to be careful that she did n't get taken in by it , Hari told herself sternly . |
| 28 | But she would have to be moved soon . |
| 29 | But she 'd have to be told . |
| 30 | But she 'd like to be nearer eight stone . |