Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to enlarge on this theme , but I dare not because our experience falls far short of what we dimly perceive in the pages of Scripture . |
| 2 | But I dare say you like apples . |
| 3 | — But I dare n't go home , see . |
| 4 | ‘ But I dare not leave my sheep ’ , cried the shepherd . |
| 5 | ‘ But I dare say we could get around that . |
| 6 | At Asda a spokesman said : ‘ One or two stores do still have Tracy Island but I dare not say where in case I start a stampede . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Lord St. V[incent] offers Ross a commission , but I dare not mention his passing , it is vexatious . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah well as I say I I lived in the east end of London and that that 's how it was done there but I dare say that other places organized it |
| 9 | Poor soul , I think of her but I dare n't go to see her . |
| 10 | " But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard . |
| 11 | " Hazel , " said Fiver suddenly , " I want to get a clear idea of this Silverweed , but I dare n't go closer by myself . |
| 12 | JERVIS : I am not to dispute with your honour , but I dare say if the men will let her alone she 'll never trouble herself about them . |
| 13 | Maybe I shall hear full soon enough , but I dare not ask him about the poor lady . |
| 14 | But I dare say you wo n't believe that . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in but I dare not start on it just yet — the house must take priority . |
| 17 | I wanted to shout " Good luck Julie ! " to her , but I dare n't , in case the others laughed at me too . |
| 18 | I wo n't feel ‘ complete ’ until we have at least one more baby — but I dare n't bring up the subject very often as my husband just gets more and more adamant . |
| 19 | among anthropologists and among philosophers but I dare say that most readers of this book would like to situate themselves somewhere on the Epicurean side of the fence ; so would I , but the intellectual difficulties which flow from that position are very great . |
| 20 | But I dare n't surrender … dare n't weaken … |
| 21 | ‘ Forgive my not rising , but I dare not move out of this chair until this wretched hair of mine is dry . ’ |
| 22 | Her gaze distant , as though she was looking back into the past , she continued , ‘ It would n't have been easy , staying here , but I dare say we would have managed . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | And he does seem to like me , but I dare n't let myself fall in love with him . |
| 25 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 26 | I 'm trying to wash my hair , but I dare n't do , I 'll do it tomorrow |
| 27 | That 'll do for now , but I may want to talk to you again . ’ |
| 28 | I 'll not need anyone till about lunch-time so you have your sleep in , but I may ring you up after that . |
| 29 | ‘ The idea I have in view whilst I make the demonstration ’ may be of a particular right-angled triangle with sides of a certain length , but I may , nevertheless , be sure that it holds of all right-angled triangles if , by not mentioning the ways in which it differs from them , I use this one to stand for them all . |
| 30 | There was a pause and before Wilson could think how to reply , she added , ‘ But I may never see him as a man , ’ in a low voice . |