Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are areas of contention — I ca n't really think of any at the moment — but I 'll tell you I am in extremely good books at the moment , because I cooked Christmas lunch . |
| 2 | Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had . |
| 3 | All right , there 's this erm there 's erm , you wo n't get this one but I 'll tell you it anyway because it 's quite disgusting . |
| 4 | A man goes into the pub , you 've all heard this but I 'll tell you it again . |
| 5 | but I 'll give it you back . |
| 6 | So I said , oh I said , well , you know if that 's how you feel I said , but I will tell you I said I 'm now a grandma and I said and er Carl is getting married to Rosie . |
| 7 | You do not know Italian men yet , my dear , but I can tell you they are all — without exception — unbearably vain . |
| 8 | But I can tell you you 're wasting your efforts looking for Martin Bormann in South America . |
| 9 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 10 | But I can tell you it gave them all a good laugh in casualty when they discovered what had happened . ’ |
| 11 | I love my music , but I can tell you it takes second place in my life . |
| 12 | ‘ They stretch most marvellously , like these are doing now , but I can assure you they never come off ! ’ |
| 13 | Now how they 're gon na send them I do n't know , but I can assure you they will send them in a hurry . |
| 14 | ‘ But I can assure you we will be backing our referees all the way . ’ |
| 15 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 16 | But I can assure you I have my moments . |
| 17 | But I can assure you I 'll give it my full attention . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 19 | It wo n't happen overnight , but I can assure you it will one day . |
| 20 | Many of you , I know , believe Smott 's substitution after four minutes was because he was out of his depth , but I can assure you it is all part of my master plan which I am painstakingly developing on a game-by-game basis . |
| 21 | But I can assure you it 's a long way from the truth . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ But I can promise you I wo n't extend it a moment longer than is necessary . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm flattered that you think I can read your mind , ’ she told him sarcastically , ‘ but I can promise you I was n't sufficiently interested in the outcome to try . |
| 25 | WILLIAMS : It is with great reluctance that I speak and I beg you to forgive me , but I must tell you it is the Countess of Pembroke , a lady noted for her wit and beauty but of a wanton disposition . |
| 26 | Yeah but you must have it you must n't pass it on to anybody else . |
| 27 | Yeah , but you can sell it me , see . |
| 28 | No but you can get them you can get them for less than that . |
| 29 | But he can put it he can put it on the back |