Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I ought to explain what I mean by budgeted fi figure . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't make any promises , but I 'll do what I can . |
| 3 | It 's mostly a matter of timing … but I 'll do what I can . |
| 4 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
| 5 | Aye , ooh but I 'll tell what it was bloody awful , I would n't , I would n't have another , mind I was only about forty , forty seven , forty five since when he had that |
| 6 | There are areas of contention — I ca n't really think of any at the moment — but I 'll tell you I am in extremely good books at the moment , because I cooked Christmas lunch . |
| 7 | Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had . |
| 8 | All right , there 's this erm there 's erm , you wo n't get this one but I 'll tell you it anyway because it 's quite disgusting . |
| 9 | A man goes into the pub , you 've all heard this but I 'll tell you it again . |
| 10 | ‘ But I 'll discover who it is soon ! ’ |
| 11 | but I 'll give it you back . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're all pretty short of that , I 'm afraid sir , but I 'll see what I can do . ’ |
| 13 | We have not set a date for the completion of the exercise , but I shall bear what he said very much in mind . |
| 14 | But I could see what you were thinking . |
| 15 | But I could see who it was . ’ |
| 16 | She was unsteady on her feet , but I could imagine what she had been through . |
| 17 | So I said , oh I said , well , you know if that 's how you feel I said , but I will tell you I said I 'm now a grandma and I said and er Carl is getting married to Rosie . |
| 18 | But I can do what I want , so perhaps it is possible to use one or two frames of a timpani shot to realize a particular moment in the music . |
| 19 | You do not know Italian men yet , my dear , but I can tell you they are all — without exception — unbearably vain . |
| 20 | But I can tell you you 're wasting your efforts looking for Martin Bormann in South America . |
| 21 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 22 | But I can tell you it gave them all a good laugh in casualty when they discovered what had happened . ’ |
| 23 | I love my music , but I can tell you it takes second place in my life . |
| 24 | ‘ They stretch most marvellously , like these are doing now , but I can assure you they never come off ! ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ But I can assure you we will be backing our referees all the way . ’ |
| 27 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 28 | But I can assure you I have my moments . |
| 29 | But I can assure you I 'll give it my full attention . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . ’ |