Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [not/n't] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't designed for high volume output , but I would n't be at all upset to have one adorning my desk . |
| 2 | Depends how much you 'd use it , but I would n't be without mine . |
| 3 | Well yes , I suppose so but I would n't be without 'em . |
| 4 | ‘ I know there 's no hope for me , but I sha n't be at peace unless I know he is happy . ’ |
| 5 | Erm , I hope I have n't disturbed you , but I wo n't be on the phone long . |
| 6 | disturbed you but I wo n't be on the phone long cos I er , my name is Bill and I work with a firm called for Windows . |
| 7 | But I wo n't be in London . ’ |
| 8 | I am sorry but I wo n't be in any more . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I can not be at your beck and call all the time , my dear . |
| 10 | ‘ But you wo n't be at home , will you ? ’ |
| 11 | But you would n't be at the Slade if you had n't . |
| 12 | But she would n't be on their books like that would it ? |
| 13 | She felt every emotion in the book of love but she must not be in love with Damian Flint ; she must not , must not , must not … |
| 14 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 15 | ‘ But we wo n't be in the war . |
| 16 | Yes , but there wo n't be by tomorrow morning |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been told one in 10 couples is infertile but they ca n't be in your street , can they ? |
| 18 | ‘ But he ca n't be in such immediate danger , or — ’ |
| 19 | Harder , but it might not be for you I du n no is it ? |
| 20 | But it would n't be worth doing , if there was n't a chance that it might end in tears . |
| 21 | I could do this for you , but it would n't be of much interest unless you were familiar with the stories I read . |
| 22 | ‘ But it would n't be for ever : just for a while , perhaps , and morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen . ’ |
| 23 | Sissinghurst is a nice garden and it 's got some lovely plants in it , but it would n't be for me , I 'd find it too claustrophobic . |
| 24 | But it would n't be from nine to twelve ? |
| 25 | ‘ It is very sad , because the service is badly needed , but it would not be worth our while . ’ |
| 26 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 27 | On this occasion Crabb was carrying out experiments in which the Admiralty had a peripheral interest , but it would not be in the national interest to detail them , and unfortunately he drowned and his body was swept out to sea . |
| 28 | Ridley said that the Director of Public Prosecutions had now withdrawn his earlier objections to such a publication , but it would not be in the public interest for him to take any further action on the matter . |
| 29 | ‘ But it wo n't be for the reason you think . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You think it 's going to be so marvellous having men buzzing round you , but it wo n't be for long , and then what 'll you have when it stops ? ’ |