Example sentences of "but i can [vb infin] you [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't got any cider , but I can offer you plenty of whisky . ’ |
| 2 | You do not know Italian men yet , my dear , but I can tell you they are all — without exception — unbearably vain . |
| 3 | But I can tell you you 're wasting your efforts looking for Martin Bormann in South America . |
| 4 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 5 | But I can tell you it gave them all a good laugh in casualty when they discovered what had happened . ’ |
| 6 | I love my music , but I can tell you it takes second place in my life . |
| 7 | ‘ They stretch most marvellously , like these are doing now , but I can assure you they never come off ! ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ But I can assure you we will be backing our referees all the way . ’ |
| 10 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 11 | But I can assure you I have my moments . |
| 12 | But I can assure you I 'll give it my full attention . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | It wo n't happen overnight , but I can assure you it will one day . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But I can assure you it 's a long way from the truth . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ All this will need to be verified , of course , but I can assure you my inquiries have been exhaustive . |
| 19 | ‘ But I can promise you I wo n't extend it a moment longer than is necessary . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |