Example sentences of "be sorry i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 I am sorry I ca n't be any more help with that at this stage what I can do is to take that question away and circulate the information after I 've done some sums .
2 Dearest Mother and Dad I am sorry I can not write letter to-night will write to-morrow night .
3 Now that 's a very detailed thing regarding the technicality of running the parliament , which I am sorry I can not right now answer you , but it 's covered .
4 I am sorry I could not help .
5 I 'm sorry I ca n't erm .
6 I 'm sorry I ca n't help .
7 Say I 'm sorry I ca n't remember .
8 ‘ Oh , but sir , I mean , Berndt , I 'm sorry I ca n't be more helpful .
9 I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson .
10 Ah , I 'm sorry I ca n't comment .
11 I 'm sorry I ca n't read that .
12 I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll ,
13 People are ringing up and no I 'm sorry I ca n't come out because I 'm too busy .
14 Well I 'm sorry I ca n't erm
15 And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday .
16 out , to say , I 'm sorry I ca n't feed that to , someone else is out what 's put in front of him , so that 's why now he eats fish fingers and now he eats pizza .
17 So I say , Richard I 'm sorry I ca n't make it this Tuesday , I 'm tied up , but I have got next Tuesday , if Tuesday 's the best night for you .
18 I 'm sorry I ca n't give you that .
19 I 'm sorry I ca n't serve you now but I 'll get back to the bar as soon as I can .
20 erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place .
21 ‘ I 'm sorry I wo n't meet him .
22 on Easter Monday so I 'm sorry I wo n't be there with your oranges , Dorothy .
23 No I did n't do it on purpose I 'm sorry I 'll try and stop
24 You can also get back to your previous caller by keying R star 1 , and you can say ‘ I 'm sorry I 'll speak to you later ’ to whichever you like .
25 I 'm sorry I shall have to fill in the noncompliance or a quick-fix
26 No bu I 'm sorry , the other thing I 'm sorry I should have said the other thing I 'm going on is when things were last done ,
27 I say I 'm sorry I can not understand a word you 're saying .
28 they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate .
29 ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't telephone first . ’
30 ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't see you earlier , Inspector , ’ Nicholson said .
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