Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For myself , I think the moat alone would have been quite enough , but I dare say one gets used to the feeling that we might all sink . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But I dare say we could get around that . |
| 3 | Her gaze distant , as though she was looking back into the past , she continued , ‘ It would n't have been easy , staying here , but I dare say we would have managed . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , this is the first winter for a long time in which Lowa has no distribution in Britain but I dare say someone will fill the gap before long . |
| 5 | But I dare say you like apples . |
| 6 | But I dare say you wo n't believe that . |
| 7 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 8 | " But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard . |
| 9 | I 'll not need anyone till about lunch-time so you have your sleep in , but I may ring you up after that . |
| 10 | but I ought to explain what I mean by budgeted fi figure . |
| 11 | But I ought to report him ! |
| 12 | But I would do it rather than |
| 13 | ‘ But I would prefer them to stay on land . |
| 14 | Now so what you 're going to do you work together but I would prefer you in twos and threes I think third person 's redundant . |
| 15 | She , well she cooks her chicken for only fifteen minutes , but I would cook my chicken |
| 16 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 17 | Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration . |
| 18 | It 's bound to improve the quantity but I would suggest it will also improve , improve quality and care that we 're providing . |
| 19 | I am not such a fathead as to attempt to describe the pleasure of eating , but I would draw your attention to the vegetable soup cooked with a hambone ( le garbure ) , to the river trout braised in Henri IV 's favourite Juranon wine , the grilled breast of duck . |
| 20 | It 's for those reasons , sir , that the City Council feels that it can no longer support the proposed proposals for new settlement , just to come to your question about the issue of scale , I am not able to define what er small is in P P G three , it 's obviously been left deliberately vague , but I would draw your attention to the Ucwetec T P A study I 've just referred to which makes it quite clear in their terms that to be self contained in transport terms the nearest any settlement ne really needs to be in excess of twenty thousand people . |
| 21 | I am not entirely out of sympathy with what the right hon. Gentleman is saying on this , but I would remind him that we have seen disturbances recently at the prison at Full Sutton , near York , which is not even full ; there are still empty cells . |
| 22 | Sadly I think that our time has run out for this particular session , but I would remind you that the seminars this afternoon , erm , are , offer other opportunities to explore both some of the issues that have been raised er , through your questions now , and also others that you may wish to raise , er , with the members of staff , the leaders of the groups . |
| 23 | But I would advise you to do so . |
| 24 | ‘ Five years , ’ ( Kenneth 's back in deep-freeze ) , ‘ but I would expect you to do better . ’ |
| 25 | He added , ‘ But I would chuck it immediately if I could get into the army . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I would think you know that , they were introduced to me by your partner , General Roquelaure . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's early days , but I would think it will prove very valuable to us . ’ |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 29 | He would come home ( to her home ) after school for his tea ‘ but I would send him off to Mrs Smith 's . |
| 30 | I could list many further complaints arising from proximity to a military unit , but I would urge you at least to abate the nuisance of bugles forthwith , or the matter will be dealt with at a rather higher level . |