Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To Giles I 'm a ‘ Jeremiah ’ who should be capable of ‘ an act of faith ’ — act of lunacy , more like ; to Hans Haenlein and others I 've got incredibly deep pockets ; to Peter Davey , for whom I voted and who is now so far removed from ‘ the cultural gangsters ’ as to be a cultural kamikaze pilot , I need ‘ a heroic proposal ’ ; to Mervyn Miller I should n't ‘ surrender my birthright ’ — but I may have to sell it . |
| 32 | Well , then , let me put it this way : neither you nor I is happy ; but I may at least continue to be only moderately unhappy in reasonable comfort , while you may abruptly cease to be anything at all except on Social Security if goat 's cheese and sheep 's yoghurt hit a rough patch . |
| 33 | The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it . |
| 34 | Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday . |
| 35 | In the light of the quite different issue which was before the House in Gillick 's case I venture to doubt whether Lord Scarman meant more than that the exclusive right of the parents to consent to treatment terminated , but I may well be wrong . |
| 36 | BELVILLE : You shall be mistress of my person and fortune as much as if the foolish ceremony had passed , and I know not , but will engage for this , but I may , after a twelvemonth 's cohabitation , marry you . |
| 37 | It seems I have to make some travel abroad , but I may return later to complete my studies . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ I am not a dog , ’ she said sharply , baring her teeth , ‘ but I may well bite . |
| 41 | ‘ But I may have become blind to its charms . |
| 42 | And perhaps secondly erm there is not a body of information which has been submitted to er this examination public which advises you in detail on the various issues that we think need to be addressed leading to the erm proposal occasions and I would have thought it would have been difficult for the panel to come to a a conclusion but I may be wrong on that . |
| 43 | But I may be working soon myself . |
| 44 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 45 | But I may monitor the progress of this team called the ‘ Cheats ’ along with our other entries . |
| 46 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 47 | But I may want to recognize that just as well as that . |
| 48 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 49 | I may be warning you off that Nigel fellow , but I may be worse . |
| 50 | But I may be going back far too long for the evening . |
| 51 | Well , I 'll have a go but I may not eat all this but if it was smaller it 's really tasty as well . |
| 52 | ‘ Constable Bewman here pointed out that each guest had their plate handed to them by Edith but I ca n't see how that would give the murderer any scope . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ No , I 'm sure I put it in my apron pocket , but I ca n't have done . |
| 54 | I 'd like another one , actually , but I ca n't see it happening now . ’ |
| 55 | I know I 'm not in a position to be choosy , but I ca n't cope with the idea of living there — it 's just beyond |
| 56 | Maybe I can take , sometime I can take , but I ca n't take no from you . |
| 57 | But I ca n't afford it . |
| 58 | But I ca n't be a tourist forever . ’ |
| 59 | He says : ‘ I do like real beers , but I ca n't stand keg . |
| 60 | I would like to do something classical but I ca n't . |