Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , maybe not , but everyone can hit a cross-court volley in Pro Tennis Tour . |
| 2 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 3 | Moderator four five nine Moderator I welcome the number two in the deliverance but I would make a plea to the er panel that this leaflet be a very simple leaflet and it not be brief , but in fact be quite lengthy . |
| 4 | Sometimes it just ca n't be helped cos there 's nothing in your price range you know that you like that is n't empty but I would prefer an empty property so that when we decide and then whatever just |
| 5 | But I would feel a bit snidey pretending that I do n't know them . ’ |
| 6 | But I would want a constant dialogue , through various means of communication , to learn about what is going on throughout the whole constituency . |
| 7 | ‘ But I would welcome a pot of tea and a slice of your fruit loaf . ’ |
| 8 | But I would place a somewhat different emphasis , and suggest that in the Chewong case fear is a positive emotion and encouraged in children because to be fearful is to be human , while the arousal of other inner states is negatively valued and discouraged — as manifest in the various rules that forbid them ( see Howell 1981 ) . |
| 9 | But I would regard a clear written recommendation to the surety to take independent advice before signing the security document as advisable in most cases . |
| 10 | Chief executive Alf Davies said : ‘ We are exploring one or two options but I would hope an announcement will be made in the next 48 hours . ’ |
| 11 | But I would crave a boon for myself and my successors . |
| 12 | But I would give a king 's ransom for a good painter and craftsman . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Not very ; but I would like a drink , please . |
| 14 | It 's a view , I 'm not necessarily asking you to do any further statistical work but I would like a view on it , whether it 's tenable or not . |
| 15 | And in , certainly in the two cases that I 've just mentioned , those were the key worries that they had ; but I would hazard a guess and say those are the exceptions to the rule . |
| 16 | I would never go out like what Tony was saying you know he does n't drink at all and like he 'd be in a pub maybe seven days a week but I would take a drink now and again and I might n't go into a pub once in a month maybe . |
| 17 | I doubt whether there will be much opportunity for sight-seeing here , but I might manage a trip to Sao Paulo or to Rio , or to the beach , which is about 60 miles away , I think . |
| 18 | Yeah but I might want a bit of help with it . |
| 19 | can I just say something but I might get an acid and a carbonate mixed up with an acid and a metal . |
| 20 | If Bob 's taking ‘ Zen Arcade ’ then I wo n't need that , but I might need a shot of ‘ Metal Circus ’ — that 's the one that always got me charged up … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I 'll make a deal with you . |
| 22 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 23 | Yeah but I 'll get a a crusty cob of |
| 24 | But I 'll need a little more time . ’ |
| 25 | Give your blokes this number so they can arrange a visit , but I 'll have a quick look while I 'm there . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ One will do fine for his dallta , Lachlan , but I 'll have a new one made for your heir . |
| 27 | But I 'll have a go anyway . |
| 28 | Oh I , I do n't think I will be able to but I 'll have a look . |
| 29 | I w Well actually I was n't but I 'll have a go . |
| 30 | I know a , the Departement of Marne , what was , I would but I 'll have a guess at champagne . |