Example sentences of "[pron] but i [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they had a jolly good time at the taxpayer 's expense , I but I wo n't be |
| 2 | I but I wo n't then . |
| 3 | And I but I could n't get up at them , the the storekeeper was fairly strict with us youngsters and he used to chase us . |
| 4 | I would go instead of you but I ca n't , can I , with Mum sick and the baby due any day ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'm here to help you but I ca n't do that unless you talk to me . |
| 6 | disturbed you but I wo n't be on the phone long cos I er , my name is Bill and I work with a firm called for Windows . |
| 7 | I have brought them with me but I ca n't just keep them at home . |
| 8 | I know it inside me but I ca n't say it out loud ; not yet , Gerry . |
| 9 | Some foreign name , Baptiste said : Maman told it me but I ca n't remember . |
| 10 | ‘ This is a new chance for me but I ca n't say yet that it 's the beginning of something long term . |
| 11 | She pro she might have done to me but I ca n't remember . |
| 12 | I know you like me but I would n't dare |
| 13 | I could hear Auntie Jean shouting at me but I could n't make out anything she was saying . |
| 14 | Well , I , he did tell me but I could n't remember , sh |
| 15 | I mean I ca n't in , I like to shut my door , I mean I do n't mind people coming to visit me but I could n't stand people in and out , in and out my house all day , that would crack me up . |
| 16 | This applies not only to the anger implicit in embarrassment or defensiveness ( " it 's not my fault , it 's yours ! " ) but also in our apparently most reasoned attitudes — " I fear and am ashamed of my own homosexual feeling ; I am angry with it in itself ; I will project this anger outside me but I can not admit why ; all homosexuals should be shot because they corrupt little children ! " |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't want to stand in your way , that 's why I said nothing but I ca n't help thinking it is closer to your measure . ’ |
| 18 | Daphne would happily have paid for them but I would n't allow her to as I wanted my classmates to think we were pals . |
| 19 | I flash on something but I ca n't think what it is ; something empty , something white . |
| 20 | She said something about , she should have added or something but I ca n't remember what she said . |
| 21 | Oh we did send for something but I ca n't remember what . |
| 22 | one , I could see the white one but I could n't see the erm |
| 23 | Big one but I can only see that . |
| 24 | They arrested him but I ca n't see him . |
| 25 | I tried to rouse him but I could n't so I sat on the bed to pull my boots on and the next minute I , too , was asleep . ’ |
| 26 | There was a figure on either side of him but I could only see Charlie Vaughan . |
| 27 | Poor soul , I think of her but I dare n't go to see her . |
| 28 | I 'll speak to her but I ca n't say , I could n't take to her . |
| 29 | I wanted to speak to her but I could not find the right words . |
| 30 | He 's asked me to go along as wardrobe mistress , I said I 'd think about it but I ca n't stand the heat . |