Example sentences of "[adj] but i can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I am sightless but I can sense my environs and weary utterly of them . |
| 2 | ‘ He proved today that he is very fast but I can tell him that tomorrow is not going to be so easy , ’ said Fittipaldi , who clocked 101.472mph . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't know about that but I can tell you the business calls he made . ’ |
| 4 | and er that may sound er a bit exaggerated but I can assure you that 's what happened , that er , to go to , to be able to file these , these little scraps of paper they had to stick it on another sheet |
| 5 | I was worried about the latter but I can assure you here that there is little cause for concern . |
| 6 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 7 | Our situation is not very happy but I can tolerate it . |
| 8 | Well , you ca n't tell that I 'm Irish but I can tell you 're Irish . |
| 9 | Fitting a hard disk is n't difficult but I can understand you reservations . |
| 10 | Now , we hear time and time again of the one million capital that was spent and yes and I do hope that the provisions that will now be made through a combined budget which Mr seems to think is half a million but I can assure you it is not half a million however , I do I can further reassure him that by the time the Highfields er and Moat management committee have gone through with this it will be half a million , there will be a proper budget provision as it should have been in the last five to six years . |