Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think the fines should be higher but I ca n't change the magistrates ' rulings , ’ he adds . |
| 2 | ‘ I know you 'll laugh at me , ’ replied Basil , ‘ but I ca n't exhibit the picture in an art gallery . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry , I know you think I 'm old-fashioned , but I ca n't bear the thought of you not marrying in church — not having God 's blessing upon the pair of you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think any sentence would really be appropriate but I ca n't bear the thought that he is going to be out one day , and that day is going to be sooner than I thought . |
| 5 | I do n't live in the past but I ca n't forget the cancer . |
| 6 | Sorry but I ca n't mention the brand names of such batteries — I do n't want to get sued ! |
| 7 | And I 've managed to do up two of the buttons at the back , but I ca n't reach the top two . |
| 8 | But I ca n't reach the window by myself . |
| 9 | But I ca n't reach the pizzas . |
| 10 | I 'd love to be back in Bishop Auckland just now , if only for the gossip , but I ca n't do a day 's canvassing and sometimes feel a bit of a passenger . |
| 11 | ‘ Neither do I , ’ he said gently , ‘ but I ca n't make a living tipping horses . ’ |
| 12 | She said sometimes , of school , ‘ But I ca n't make the right conversation , ’ and it was true . |
| 13 | Oh I 'll do n't know I pastry , I ca n't do that , I can do the rest but I ca n't make the pastry . |
| 14 | Yes , but I ca n't make the . |
| 15 | But I ca n't alter a film that 's — what 's the expression — already in the can . |
| 16 | Again , Palin 's natural humour and ability to laugh at a situation is never far away , but I ca n't shake the feeling that we 've seen it all before somewhere . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
| 18 | He 's asked me to go along as wardrobe mistress , I said I 'd think about it but I ca n't stand the heat . |
| 19 | I want to tell them I 'm going to Drama School , but I ca n't stand the look on their faces , the thought of their whining voices saying it 's not a suitable occupation for their darling daughter . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Huh , ’ she said , and then smiled faintly as she said , ‘ odd , you know : you tell me that Annie 's a good woman , and I suppose she is , but I ca n't stand the sight of her ; then I tell you the constable 's a good man , and you know he is , and you ca n't stand the sight of him . |
| 21 | But I ca n't try every day , that 's the trouble . |
| 22 | But I ca n't accept the argument that because you make provision to deal by law as well as by practice with the situations where things have got to that point in order to safeguard children , that you are thereby saying that you are going to take more children from their parents ! |
| 23 | But I ca n't use a different face , ’ she said . |
| 24 | And I said , ‘ Well , you know we can accomplish both these things , but I ca n't remove the ventilator from you — I ca n't do that , it makes me very uncomfortable . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't show yet , at any rate , ’ she said , ‘ but I ca n't have the likes of you here with a brat . |
| 26 | I want a bloody jack but I ca n't pick the right bugger . |
| 27 | SIR John Harvey-Jones knows his business but I ca n't stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers who have taken their companies to the brink of disaster . |
| 28 | They keep picking on me , but I ca n't ask a teacher to help . |
| 29 | I used to look for him too when I was younger but I ca n't climb the shelves anymore . |
| 30 | I would n't mind , but I ca n't get a bloody boyfriend ! |