Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , well she cooks her chicken for only fifteen minutes , but I would cook my chicken |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Pain relief is essential , but I would like my thrombolytic therapy as well . |
| 5 | Filtration is by a Fluval 3 internal power filter , but I would like your opinion on a system which requires no water changes , but where all the waste is dealt with by the equipment . |
| 6 | But I would need your help . ’ |
| 7 | She was going to be Fabien 's wife , but I would have her first . |
| 8 | ‘ My first duty is with you , sir , but I 'll do my best . ’ |
| 9 | " But I 'll do my very best , " I added hastily . |
| 10 | But I 'll do my best . |
| 11 | But I 'll do my best . ’ |
| 12 | But I 'll do my best . |
| 13 | ‘ That will be a little difficult , ’ he agreed politely , ‘ but I 'll do my best and pass your feelings on to the rest of the team . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't promise to answer them all but I 'll do my best . ’ |
| 15 | But I 'll do my best to change . ’ |
| 16 | But I 'll tell my daddy — and he 'll go to jail . ’ |
| 17 | But I 'll drop my English after Christmas . |
| 18 | There is n't much , but I 'll try my best . |
| 19 | It 's only natural for a newly-signed group to see their bloated , sap-sucking US record company as exceptional , spiritually different from all the others — but I 'll take their heartfelt claims with a line of salt , thanks . |
| 20 | Lewis laughed , ‘ Well , no , ca n't claim I do know , but I 'll take your word for it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't say , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ that I 've ever bedded a ship , but I 'll take your word for it . |
| 23 | And he went to the doctor and the doctor said well you have n't got anything wrong with your skull but I 'll take your blood pressure . |
| 24 | I do not think it would be appropriate for a statement , but I shall draw his comments to the attention of my right hon. Friend . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , ’ sighed Babushka , ‘ I am too late but I shall lay my black bread in the manager , then the Christ Child will know that I came . |
| 26 | But I shall take my dressing-case and , of course , my clothes , if you would send … ’ |
| 27 | I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The costs are the biggest bar to people setting up on their own but I could use his phones , his photocopier , computer , telex , even his secretary to begin with . ’ |
| 29 | But I could see his eyes . |
| 30 | It was an unpleasant shock to discover Bentley Drummle there , but I could imagine his reason for visiting the area . |