Example sentences of "but i [modal v] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I dare not leave my sheep ’ , cried the shepherd . |
| 2 | ‘ Lord St. V[incent] offers Ross a commission , but I dare not mention his passing , it is vexatious . ’ |
| 3 | Maybe I shall hear full soon enough , but I dare not ask him about the poor lady . |
| 4 | And he does seem to like me , but I dare n't let myself fall in love with him . |
| 5 | You 'll have to forgive me , Father , but I ca n't repress my curiosity . |
| 6 | ‘ I chose it myself , but I ca n't bring myself to live there just yet , ’ she explained when asked about the four bedroomed apartment . |
| 7 | ‘ But I ca n't bring myself to do it now . |
| 8 | Look , I know it 's asking a lot , but I ca n't bring myself to go through Billy 's things . |
| 9 | I see him about in school but I ca n't bring myself to tell him . |
| 10 | but I ca n't bring it to mind , it wo n't come to the front as it were . |
| 11 | but I ca n't drink it all the time |
| 12 | But I ca n't drink owt . |
| 13 | But I ca n't change anything so I 'm going to have to live with it . |
| 14 | But I ca n't change anyone who does n't want to be changed . ’ |
| 15 | But I ca n't face what they 'll say . |
| 16 | ‘ I can stick it for myself , but I ca n't bear it for you . |
| 17 | It contained the Knole sofa on which St Agatha had reclined in West Kensington ( too large for Laura 's tiny flat ) , several lowering pieces of reproduction Jacobean furniture donated by Kitty ( 'Your father loved it but I ca n't bear it , it 's so threatening ’ ) , hundreds of books on shelves made by Peter out of bricks and planks and the unmistakable overlying detritus of family life . |
| 18 | But I ca n't bear it . |
| 19 | But I ca n't prevent myself thinking that the person who is to play Claudia should possess a clearly defined personality of her own . |
| 20 | I wrote to Tim & Polly yesterday but I ca n't lay my hands on The Barbarton exploration Base address . |
| 21 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 22 | It 's a nice reason but I ca n't tell you now . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I ca n't tell you anything else … you 'll have to go now . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But I ca n't tell you anything . |
| 25 | Well , that was fair enough , and , twisting her fine lace handkerchief in her hands , she had said steadily , ‘ Yes , I 'll see him , but I ca n't tell you what my answer will be . |
| 26 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 27 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
| 28 | But I ca n't wear it |
| 29 | But I ca n't offer you anything , the situation is so grave now in Italy . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I hear these fairytales , but I ca n't swallow them . |