Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] an " in BNC.

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1 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
2 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 . ’
3 can I just say something but I might get an acid and a carbonate mixed up with an acid and a metal .
4 Normally , I do not call hon. Members after Front Benchers , but I shall make an exception today .
5 I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks .
6 I was always her property , but I could make an evening , or an afternoon for that matter , swing for all the ladies .
7 He said : ‘ I will keep her on the same round but I will keep an eye on her and may switch the rounds .
8 But I can do an ad for a few thousand , then show them the sales figures .
9 ‘ I did not intend to give offence but I can see an end to this matter .
10 Ca n't stop you poking your nose in , but I can keep an eye on you . ’
11 I mean , that 's m my contribution as as a committed person to equal opportunities , but I 'd welcome an example
12 but I used to see an Edwardian bicyclist ,
13 Apart from the meetings being packed out as already mentioned , he says that , ‘ On the Lord's-days there was no disorder to be seen in the streets , but you might hear an hundred families singing psalms and repeating sermons as you passed through the streets .
14 Theatre is , of course , mainly in French or Flemish , the two official languages of the capital , but you might find an English classic being staged by one of the expatriate groups .
15 I 've removed it and it 's certainly lead , but you 'll need an expert to tell you that it 's a .22 . ’
16 But you must make an effort since there is no way the ferret can free itself .
17 A secured Home Improvement Loan is secured on your property and allows you to borrow up to 95% of your home 's value at our standard mortgage rate ( currently 15.40% ( 16.80% Typical APR ) variable ) — but you must have an Abbey National mortgage or own your home outright .
18 Yes the chassis mounts will take the 4203 The engine will give a lot more torque but you will need an overdrive or the top speed will only be in the mid forties
19 But you will have an opportunity to talk to another adult and this will help remind you that you have just as much to offer as anyone else .
20 The House always appreciates the close interest which you , Mr. Speaker , take in Adjournment debates initiated by hon. Members on the Back Benches , but you will have an even greater personal interest than usual in this debate .
21 At least , they were trying to surround it , but you 'd need an awful lot of humans to surround something the size of the Ship .
22 Painting a scene of cherubs holding scrolls takes a lot of patience and practice , but you can get an equally effective result if you just paint on the scrolls with some suitable motto .
23 But you can get an idea of what each gene does by comparing the bodies of two organisms known to differ with respect to a certain gene .
24 But she must make an attempt .
25 ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’
26 No cause of death is given , but we may make an informed guess , for all that , that a man whose elder brother had been carried off by consumption was himself the victim of that ‘ white plague ’ which accounted for one-third of all deaths in the early years of the 19th century .
27 No , but we can make an effort , can we not , to persuade our European colleagues to join us in that .
28 Now we can not change an electron 's mass but we can replace an electron by a muon which , being 207 times heavier , is almost equivalent .
29 As many people as feasible should be in work , but we should have an unemployment reserve in the economic battle when the economy expands .
30 about that , I think you 've got a totally illiterate person , no doubt Actually she said nine tenths certain going to get an Amiga but they might get an Atari .
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