Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's the other kind of thinking I 've never been able to muster , the long-term stuff , ‘ Never confuse strategy with tactics , ’ one of my tutors advised me , but I ca n't even remember what the words mean . |
2 | unfortunately , but , I , I would give you one of these , but I ca n't even give you one of these |
3 | I have brought them with me but I ca n't just keep them at home . |
4 | But I ca n't just sit here and watch him . |
5 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't just let this thing pass — sit back and pretend it has n't happened . |
6 | But I ca n't just play the pawn any more . |
7 | ‘ I ca n't stop such outrages but I ca n't just stand by and let them continue . |
8 | Yeah , we kno I 've forgotten now where he was playing as er we know where his summer season was but I ca n't just ca n't remember . |
9 | Do n't matter about the rest , there 's some in the bird box I can fill in , but I ca n't just |
10 | Yeah , but I ca n't exactly write that down , can I ? |
11 | but I ca n't simply stand here and be drowned by this horrid stuff ! |
12 | We 'll let it lie for now , and if we do get any kind of a big response then maybe we can think about scheduling another programme , but I ca n't honestly see that happening . ’ |
13 | ‘ Look , Bea , I feel like a shit as a matter of fact , but I ca n't live like this - . |
14 | ‘ But I ca n't possibly stay here , ’ Jessamy said promptly . |
15 | I 'd be glad to get rid of the great ox but I ca n't so there 's an end of it . |
16 | Susan says it 's dreadful to stare , and I do try not to , but I ca n't always remember , ’ she said candidly , and drank what was left of her cowslip wine . |
17 | I know I was contracted but I ca n't really remember . ’ |
18 | I 've got to look towards the future , but I ca n't really see anything , not the way I feel . |
19 | I can understand the reason for other people having them , but I ca n't really see myself having it . |
20 | Yeah , I know but I ca n't really do can I I have to get the stool from downstairs . |
21 | ‘ I think Some Like It Hot started around three-thirty but I ca n't quite remember . |
22 | I often tell myself , but I ca n't quite feel it . |
23 | But I ca n't quite remember … ’ |
24 | But I ca n't quite see how to deal with it yet . |
25 | ‘ But I ca n't ever remember a storm like this one ever having occurred in this area before , ’ said Cardiff . |
26 | " We lived a very spartan life , " says Eva , " but I ca n't ever remember thinking other kids had a lot , and we had n't . |
27 | it must have poured on us but I ca n't ever remember it raining You know there was when we used to go to Deerness I had very long hair and we And Kirkwall was n't just the cleanest of place at places at that time . |
28 | But I ca n't now . " |
29 | But I would n't just go off my own bat now and order stuff . |
30 | ‘ But I would n't just ignore these people . |