Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 2 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 3 | But I would 've never I would 've never said to your dad well he 's saying ah he were n't too broad in my opinion like but he was broader than your mother . |
| 4 | I would think so , I hope so but I would think so as well |
| 5 | what I would like and I 'm sure it happens with the previous C P O er and I have been notified by telephone and I keep saying to them let me know , but I would like probably a memo from each C P O to say that there is a meeting on this particular night . |
| 6 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 7 | Erm , I think Chair , it , there is a need obviously for all committees to be realistic , and erm , that certainly is our intention within those , but I would say again , it leads me to believe that you should keep a reasonable er , committee contingency in case certain difficulties present themselves in terms of those additional er , pressures and requirements . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't be absolutely precise , but I would say about eight forty-five and one-thirty respectively . ’ |
| 9 | It 's a little bit variable , I think , from our own science school — one science school to another — and from year to year , but I would say maybe twenty or thirty for each science school . |
| 10 | So perhaps a lot of the times but I would have maybe suggested that , that we could have done and presented that as part of the package . |
| 11 | Er but I would have though that should easily do it . |
| 12 | I do n't perhaps not that bad but I would have definitely braked and not just eased off on the accelerator . |
| 13 | I did n't think But I would imagine so . |
| 14 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 15 | Finally , there are private courses , but I would enquire extremely carefully into their credentials . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , intimately , particularly his nose , but I 'll explain later . ’ |
| 17 | But I 'll stay here for a bit longer . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 19 | But I 'll think better over a pastis . |
| 20 | I thought you a gentleman one but I 'll say now , with the burial service : " Ashes to ashes and dirt to dirt " . |
| 21 | People say I 'm very bad , but I 'll try very hard to be good . |
| 22 | It 'll be a long walk , but I 'll get there — all in one piece . ’ |
| 23 | Well , stay there for tonight and tomorrow anyway , but I 'll find somewhere better for you . |
| 24 | I must stop now , because it 's nearly teatime , but I 'll write again very soon , and please write to me , because I miss you every minute . |
| 25 | I do n't think I want to do that , but I 'll come earlier and give a hand — that 's if your housekeeper has no objection . ’ |
| 26 | As I say er I only take them when I 've got to take 'em , you understand what I mean , but I shall sit there and |
| 27 | But I shall go no further now . |
| 28 | He did not seem eager to see me again , but I shall go anyway . |
| 29 | I have not read the report of the chief constable of West Yorkshire , but I shall do so . |
| 30 | It is not for me to offer helpful advice to the right hon. Gentleman , but I shall do so : when in a hole , one should stop digging . |