Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [verb] your [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not such a fathead as to attempt to describe the pleasure of eating , but I would draw your attention to the vegetable soup cooked with a hambone ( le garbure ) , to the river trout braised in Henri IV 's favourite Juranon wine , the grilled breast of duck . |
| 2 | It 's for those reasons , sir , that the City Council feels that it can no longer support the proposed proposals for new settlement , just to come to your question about the issue of scale , I am not able to define what er small is in P P G three , it 's obviously been left deliberately vague , but I would draw your attention to the Ucwetec T P A study I 've just referred to which makes it quite clear in their terms that to be self contained in transport terms the nearest any settlement ne really needs to be in excess of twenty thousand people . |
| 3 | Filtration is by a Fluval 3 internal power filter , but I would like your opinion on a system which requires no water changes , but where all the waste is dealt with by the equipment . |
| 4 | But I would need your help . ’ |
| 5 | Lewis laughed , ‘ Well , no , ca n't claim I do know , but I 'll take your word for it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't say , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ that I 've ever bedded a ship , but I 'll take your word for it . |
| 8 | And he went to the doctor and the doctor said well you have n't got anything wrong with your skull but I 'll take your blood pressure . |
| 9 | PS I told Nero you 'd meet him at Dover but I should leave your chariot behind he might not understand if you cut him in two , he 's funny that way . |
| 10 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I wo n't keep you longer than necessary , but I should appreciate your opinion of Francis the sort of man he was . ’ |
| 11 | Neil Caldwell is on holiday until the 19th January 1993 but I will pass your letter on to him when he returns . |
| 12 | I am afraid Mr Simon Murison-Bowie , in whose area of expertise your proposals lie , is out of the country at present , but I will put your letter before him on his return . |
| 13 | I firmly subscribe to the school of thought that says , ‘ I may hate what you have to say , but I will defend your right to say it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I can see you are distressed by the business conducted here , but I can put your mind at rest . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not so sure about that , but I can see your problem . |
| 16 | I love you like — ’ he was going to say ‘ like a sister ’ , but he suddenly changed his mind-'I love you to distraction , Rosie , but I can read your mind like a book , and I expect your mum can too . |
| 17 | ‘ But I 'd value your input . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll do as you say , young master , ’ he said , looking up at the young boy on the quayside , ‘ But I must tell your father about this . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I will allow you to take his soul , ’ said Fael-Inis again , ‘ but I must have your promise that you will not give his body to the Conablaiche . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , but I must have your promise , too , Miss Kyte ! ’ exclaimed Mrs Tiverton . |
| 21 | You wo n't be able to make any impression with your bare hands , of course , unless you 're a trained weight lifter , but you 'll feel your body really working ! |
| 22 | ‘ But you would forget your homework . |
| 23 | ‘ It was an accident , but you must do your duty . ’ |
| 24 | Ah we ai n't but you must pay your mother too , Geoff ! |
| 25 | If none of this works , then you could try a full elimination diet as a last resort — but you must ask your doctor first . |
| 26 | God wants to help you do that , but you must play your part . |
| 27 | The school wo n't charge you this time , but you must cut your coat according to your cloth . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But you 'd have your family around you , ’ Ruth pointed out . |
| 29 | I 'm sure Eukanuba will prove successful but you could ask your vet about Waltham 's Canine Low Calorie Diet as an alternative . |
| 30 | But you could write your equation that way . |