Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd love to be back in Bishop Auckland just now , if only for the gossip , but I ca n't do a day 's canvassing and sometimes feel a bit of a passenger . |
| 2 | ‘ Neither do I , ’ he said gently , ‘ but I ca n't make a living tipping horses . ’ |
| 3 | But I ca n't alter a film that 's — what 's the expression — already in the can . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
| 5 | But I ca n't use a different face , ’ she said . |
| 6 | They keep picking on me , but I ca n't ask a teacher to help . |
| 7 | I would n't mind , but I ca n't get a bloody boyfriend ! |
| 8 | I can read and I can write but I ca n't tie a shoelace |
| 9 | I also I I also erm er what was I going to say I would take the disc but I ca n't find a way of getting into this machine actually it 's broken erm . |
| 10 | Mebbe for the Oxford game that should be the other way round ( ‘ I can read and I can write but I ca n't drive a tractor ’ ) ? |
| 11 | I can say the odd word , but I ca n't string a sentence together yet . |
| 12 | We both need a break but I ca n't afford a holiday and you would n't believe the hassle of organizing for her to go into a home for a fortnight . |
| 13 | CATHERINE A while back I think , but I ca n't put a face to you . |
| 14 | Diesel park West sent us incredible demo tapes , but I would not do a deal without seeing them perform live. , |
| 15 | ‘ But I would n't do a fourth movie . |
| 16 | Yeah but I would n't want a kids party round there with all that ooh bloody going on . |
| 17 | I said but I would n't run a business like this , and he said no I should n't think you would . |
| 18 | How often have you read articles about open-ended investigative work in the classroom and thought : ‘ This is all very well but I would n't have a clue where to start ’ ? |
| 19 | But I would always include a 5-wood . |
| 20 | ‘ Being a singer for Simply Red would be a nice idea , but I would definitely need a different voice to the one I have ’ , she laughed . |
| 21 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |
| 22 | I 've recorded a lot of stuff with song writers whose work I like , but I 'll probably do a cover version as my first single because , as a TV presented I 'm bound to get a lot of flak at first . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll drive you to Glasgow the minute the snow lets up but I 'll not hear a word about it . ’ |
| 24 | I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays . |
| 25 | I 'm up in court next week on a shoplifting charge , but I 'll only get a suspended or something like that . |
| 26 | But I 'll always take a chance with players if I think they are right , and this lad really impressed me . ’ |
| 27 | But I wo n't use a weapon … ’ ) . |
| 28 | ‘ But I wo n't take a penny from you for visiting the Princess . ’ |
| 29 | But I wo n't breathe a word about them until after October the eleventh . ’ |
| 30 | I am in wonderful health , but I shall not enjoy a moment until my ship goes to sea . |