Example sentences of "but i can [verb] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He proved today that he is very fast but I can tell him that tomorrow is not going to be so easy , ’ said Fittipaldi , who clocked 101.472mph . |
| 2 | But I can tell you that Simon is well . |
| 3 | • There 's no cut-and-dried answer to your question , but I can tell you that a great many people would disagree with you — both about your view of your own childhood and about smacking your children with a slipper . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know who you think you are , ’ she began , deciding to take the initiative , ‘ but I can tell you that my father wo n't be at all pleased with your attitude . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ Claire carried on , filling in the silence , ‘ I ca n't tell you how old this man is , or precisely what he looks like , but I can tell you that he 's managed to turn your world upside-down . |
| 6 | It has been a couple of years since master fly-tyer Pat Mulholland held court on the Wellington College campus , but I can tell you that if fly-tying is what you want to learn , then this will be the best £26 you ever invested . |
| 7 | ‘ I will be drinking apple juice , ’ says Derek Foster , ‘ but I can tell you that already the feeling of anticipation is utterly indescribable . ’ |
| 8 | I am sorry that he is disappointed that the order did not go to Swan 's , but I can assure him that there was fair play and it has gone to Yarrow . |
| 9 | The man regarded by Peter Swales , at Manchester City , as a little dull , introduced himself at Oakwell by saying : ‘ It may take a little time , but I can assure you that we will get promotion within three years . ’ |
| 10 | Not all of this man 's behaviour has yet been revealed , of course , but I can assure you that there is one incident to come which in itself justifies almost any degree of the pain that has so far been applied to his brain and his skin and his bones . |
| 11 | I accept that she probably became pregnant while she was working here , but I can assure you that no one in this house was responsible . |
| 12 | But I can assure you that people back in London were really most upset at this development … |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’ |
| 14 | But I can assure you that I do n't exercise some kind of twentieth-century droit de seigneur over them for the privilege . |
| 15 | " But I can assure you that I was n't . |
| 16 | But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work . |
| 17 | Formula-One addicts may remember me , but I can assure you that to the public at large I 'm just another average , ordinary guy . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But I can assure you that the last thing the Football League wants is a repeat of the Maidstone situation where a club struggles through the summer to a new season and then folds . |
| 19 | But I can ask him and I 'll |
| 20 | But I can console myself that at least I had fun . |
| 21 | Ca n't actually see it move but I can see it if I look |