Example sentences of "[vb infin] but i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no shame in saying , ‘ I do n't know but I 'll try to find out ’ , provided that you do ‘ try and find out ’ and report back . |
| 2 | Er well offhand I do n't actually know but I 'll , I 'll get me glasses I 'll have |
| 3 | Er I do n't know but I would i I would reckon the crime rate since we 've been on the flats , even though the the flats are emptying out , h h has dropped er dramatically . |
| 4 | Now I do n't know but I would imagine that Lord and Lady Fairburn should be drummed out of Parliament , well he should . |
| 5 | Do n't know but I can remember what happens with the alkali and the acid , you get calcium chloride , er it 's the same . |
| 6 | ' I could dance but I could n't turn corners . |
| 7 | Yeah certainly I would do but I must admit I do n't really like er giving people 's phone numbers out , I do n't know how he 'd react to , you know , somebody ringing him up and |
| 8 | Since we are only concerned with a point of law , the precise facts do not matter but I should indicate them briefly to show the limited scope of this decision . |
| 9 | Oh I would n't mind but I would n't marry anybody |
| 10 | I did n't think But I would imagine so . |
| 11 | If you want to have a lunch , and then to just shoot off afterwards , we would probably get you in the staff lunch , I should think but I 'll need to check that , if not you 'll have to wait till half past twelve , to have a , to have a lunch . |
| 12 | Ca n't actually see it move but I can see it if I look |
| 13 | When the issue is not of a split in attitudes ( " I will compete but I will also borrow and lend " ) the head is unlikely to find enthusiasm or coercion an appropriate tool of management . |
| 14 | Well it makes you wonder but I should think |
| 15 | ‘ That could happen but I sha n't leave her alone for any longer than I can help . |
| 16 | and the squares for the blankets , I ca n't crochet though , I 'm no good at crocheting , I ca n't do any crocheting , I can knit but I ca n't crochet |
| 17 | Yeah , I know and he said she said my sister said if I ca n't afford it , she 'll pay but I 'll she said and I was so proud of Sam ! |
| 18 | The doc told me I could go but I would n't come back , but I managed to persuade her . |
| 19 | Mebbe for the Oxford game that should be the other way round ( ‘ I can read and I can write but I ca n't drive a tractor ’ ) ? |
| 20 | I can read and I can write but I ca n't tie a shoelace |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll write but I might be very busy having those children you want . ’ |
| 22 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 23 | I 'm not saying it like that , what I 'm saying is I would pref , yes , I would like them to be involved in it a as far as my subject reports are concerned I would like our reports that we do , we do involve the kids , I pass them out , we discuss them and I 'll re-draft but I would not , rather not have their written sample on that piece . |
| 24 | I took early and late turns with the Chief Clerk , you see , and er well there were two lads who did a middle turn but I need n't mention that , but they did a sort of nine to six you see |
| 25 | There 's a lot of talk about forgiving or forgetting is n't there , some people say I can forgive but I can never forget . |