Example sentences of "but i assure you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Wild geese , mon vieux , is what you presume me to chase , ’ said the gentleman to Bramble , ‘ but I assure you the stable door is bolted . ’ |
| 2 | I know you think I did it deliberately , but I assure you I did not . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sure Mr Stevens senior is very good at his job , but I assure you , Mr Stevens , I am very good at mine . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry to leave you , but I assure you you need not worry on that score . ’ |
| 5 | It may sound like sour grapes but I assure you I feel no bitterness merely disappointed . |
| 6 | Mr. Wilson : I am grateful for your guidance , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but I assure you that I am talking about the disabled only in terms of the general need for consumer protection , which is encompassed in new clause S. |
| 7 | " No doubt , but I assure you , Mr Bailes … " |
| 8 | ‘ I am not in the least amazed you have been discouraged by the noisome ambience of these apartments , ’ she said , darting an evil glance towards her colleagues , ‘ but I assure you we have more appealing accommodation elsewhere in our little establishment . ’ |
| 9 | He added that the figures quoted by Mr Hitchin from the BA commissioned research ‘ need careful interpretation , but I assure you that publishers will be very interested in seeing and evaluating in detail the full survey . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm afraid my intentions do n't always match my actions , but I assure you I do think of you far , far more than I put pen to paper ! |
| 11 | I will refrain from horror stories of Burleigh 's past , but I assure you , Corbett is right . |
| 12 | It is difficult to describe exactly , but I assure you that it works wonderfully when you are drawing . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry if it upsets you , but I assure you I 'm suffering for it . ’ |
| 14 | I understand you were an innocent dupe in Caroline 's little game , but I assure you , I will not tolerate being called a liar . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do . |
| 16 | Of course , if you tell him what I 've said he 'll deny it , but I assure you he only wants one thing and that 's your practice . ’ |
| 17 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |