Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 2 | Moderator four five nine Moderator I welcome the number two in the deliverance but I would make a plea to the er panel that this leaflet be a very simple leaflet and it not be brief , but in fact be quite lengthy . |
| 3 | But I would feel a bit snidey pretending that I do n't know them . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But I would welcome a pot of tea and a slice of your fruit loaf . ’ |
| 5 | But I would crave a boon for myself and my successors . |
| 6 | But I would give a king 's ransom for a good painter and craftsman . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Not very ; but I would like a drink , please . |
| 8 | It 's a view , I 'm not necessarily asking you to do any further statistical work but I would like a view on it , whether it 's tenable or not . |
| 9 | And in , certainly in the two cases that I 've just mentioned , those were the key worries that they had ; but I would hazard a guess and say those are the exceptions to the rule . |
| 10 | I would never go out like what Tony was saying you know he does n't drink at all and like he 'd be in a pub maybe seven days a week but I would take a drink now and again and I might n't go into a pub once in a month maybe . |
| 11 | I doubt whether there will be much opportunity for sight-seeing here , but I might manage a trip to Sao Paulo or to Rio , or to the beach , which is about 60 miles away , I think . |
| 12 | Yeah but I might want a bit of help with it . |
| 13 | If Bob 's taking ‘ Zen Arcade ’ then I wo n't need that , but I might need a shot of ‘ Metal Circus ’ — that 's the one that always got me charged up … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'll make a deal with you . |
| 15 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 16 | Oh I , I do n't think I will be able to but I 'll have a look . |
| 17 | But I 'll have a look |
| 18 | But I 'll have a go anyway . |
| 19 | I w Well actually I was n't but I 'll have a go . |
| 20 | I 'll have a go , it does n't , I do n't say I do it right , but I 'll have a go |
| 21 | I know a , the Departement of Marne , what was , I would but I 'll have a guess at champagne . |
| 22 | ‘ Thank you , sir , but I 'll grab a bit on the way there . ’ |
| 23 | Not tired now , but I shall want a cup of tea |
| 24 | have n't got , but I shall have a look for that . |
| 25 | I do n't know what it will be , but I shall find a way to help her in the end . |
| 26 | As you know , I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget , but I could offer a fee of £100 if you could supply two or three good quality photographs with your article . |
| 27 | A female voice answered Bunny 's phone and told me he was out seeing a man about a second-hand tenor sax but I could leave a message after the beep . |
| 28 | I probably could , but I should get a bit of support from the script-writers . |
| 29 | In order to maintain that client confidentiality this article will not deal with any of the core issues in the case , but I will highlight a number of the relevant points which are a matter of public record arising from the publication of the Tribunal decision . |
| 30 | this one 's actually plum jam , but I will use a substitution |