Example sentences of "but [modal v] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nahum , dear , ’ said Elizabeth Bradford , ‘ we 're all used to your fondness for parting us from our wealth , but may we ask what prompted you to choose the Foundling Hospital this year ? ’ |
| 2 | This edition of the Newsletter carries the name ‘ Counsellor ’ but may you have a better one . |
| 3 | I welcome both the inquiries that the right hon. Gentleman has so speedily set up , but may I advise him that , if we do not get it right this time , we shall be at the Dispatch Box again to consider still more cases ? |
| 4 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 5 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'd be pleased to provide any references you need , but may I suggest that you consider a little more before acting precipitately . |
| 7 | Erm I s suspect that it 's er the one million two hundred and forty two thousand transfer from general operating reserve is that figure but may I make one comment |
| 8 | The absence of one ordinary officer at the Annual General Meeting may appear a misfortune , of two carelessness , but may I assure you , that we are with you in spirit , that the loss is ours alone , and that the proceedings will be conducted with their usual expedition and efficiency , despite , and I hope no one said before our absence from . |
| 9 | But may I point out to you , Dr. Briant , that I for one — and I think it likely that the audience feels much as I do — find the material you are giving us in so admirably concise and ordered a manner is not as intelligible as it might be , since we are ordinary simple souls ? |
| 10 | I do not know to which local authority the hon. Gentleman is referring , but may I try to explain the context of the debate to him , because it seems to be going straight over the heads of Conservative Members , as was evident in that intervention which I shall now try to answer . |
| 11 | I know she 's disappointed as you are but may I coming in her place thank Nicholas Hinton and his colleagues for having me at the Barbican at this important annual public meeting . |
| 12 | But may I add a special welcome to the unsung heroines and heroes who are not permanent staff , but give up their time — and in some cases their entire annual leave — to work for the Festival when the high pressure time arrives . |
| 13 | I realise the importance of such matters in Scotland , but may I ask for crisper questions ? |
| 14 | I am pleased at the progress on that issue , but may I ask the Minister now to look urgently at the decision to allow a Scottish ferry company to run the ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle ? |
| 15 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his courageous stand against the 11 who opposed him , but may I ask him a simple question ? |
| 16 | ‘ We will leave soon , Master Lieutenant , but may I ask one favour first ? ’ |
| 17 | May I I do not need an adjournment but may I back away from the microphone to take instruction ? |
| 18 | But should we assume the same training is required by the lion 's share of our undergraduates who are not destined for academic careers ? |
| 19 | But , but should we deal with the first |
| 20 | Solicitors , accountants , consultants of all kinds , they too are regarded as professional people — but should we use their services , we have the choice , we decide . |
| 21 | But should we raise objections about a too selective use of examples , both within Shakespeare 's plays — where they are often exclusively considered — and in the choice of texts which help detail the period 's ‘ social energy ’ ? |
| 22 | But should we describe this dynamic as homoerotic ? |
| 23 | Right but should we insure it fully ? |
| 24 | Also , voting for this season 's 1st team seems interesting , but should we wait for a couple of weeks before all signings are done . |
| 25 | That is , he maintains that while they are soldiers it is their duty to fight , but should they choose the way of non-violence then it would be their duty to refuse to fight . |
| 26 | When , for example , in a trade dispute pickets seek to persuade fellow workers who are not on strike to join them they exercise a freedom ; but should they obstruct the workers ' freedom to pass , the balance of the mutual exercise of freedoms is disturbed . |
| 27 | Defences are provided by s.1(3) ( a ) ( b ) ( c ) and ( d ) , but should they prove unsuccessful an emission will amount to an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding £400 in the case of a private chimney and £2000 in the case of any other chimney . |
| 28 | It 's still , they , they ca n't afford to shut it down but should they shut down cos it 's very , a lot of the works safety standard . |
| 29 | She had said he must marry only so as not to disappoint his mother ; but should he come to her one day and say he was about to marry someone , that would assuredly beat her into the ground . |
| 30 | There was no one in sight , but should she trespass into what was blatantly a private area or would she do better to tramp all the way up the stairs again ? |