Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For myself , I think the moat alone would have been quite enough , but I dare say one gets used to the feeling that we might all sink . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately , this is the first winter for a long time in which Lowa has no distribution in Britain but I dare say someone will fill the gap before long . |
| 3 | but I would like someone ideally to take take over from now on . |
| 4 | But I would have nothing to tell him , nothing to show him . |
| 5 | But I would lose everything . ’ |
| 6 | It 's not very glamorous , I 'm afraid , but I 'll explain everything to you . ’ |
| 7 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
| 8 | But I 'll manage something . |
| 9 | bit sickly , but I 'll eat one |
| 10 | ‘ I must go on with the post , but I 'll send somebody to help you as soon as I can . |
| 11 | I do n't know how much but I 'll get something . |
| 12 | ‘ Not yet , ’ she admitted , ‘ but I 'll find something . |
| 13 | but I 'll stick one in the back as well |
| 14 | But I shall do nothing to aid them . |
| 15 | But I shall find something all right . |
| 16 | But I could see nothing anomalous , no movement . |
| 17 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 18 | I pressed my head close against one comer of the barred window trying to see who was speaking , but I could see no-one . |
| 19 | I looked round for my friends , but I could see nobody . |
| 20 | I had heard something about it once or seen it on a map , but I could remember nothing definite . |
| 21 | ‘ By the time you found me on the moor , I knew everything , but I could prove nothing . |
| 22 | Well , to hell with them , but I will say everything to the last word . ’ |
| 23 | He politely declined to pose for pictures with Nesta and added : ‘ I have nothing else to say today … but I will say plenty when the time comes . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But I will have one , and you must stay ! ’ |
| 25 | But I can block everything out . |
| 26 | no completely void because you ca n't severe the good from the bad in section fourteen , your Lordship could n't take a blue pencil and , and , and find some words in section fourteen which say erm , you know , I can take out an article eighty five claim or I can allow an article eighty five claim but I can leave something else in |
| 27 | But I can find nothing in me that assents to its ugliness . |
| 28 | She had liked my novel , The Last Enchantments ; in some way ( the expression is hackneyed , but I can find none better ) it had touched her where she lived . |
| 29 | I wish my father had left a description of his encounter with Balcha but I can find none in his letters or despatches . |
| 30 | ‘ But I can remember lots of other things . |