Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And perhaps secondly erm there is not a body of information which has been submitted to er this examination public which advises you in detail on the various issues that we think need to be addressed leading to the erm proposal occasions and I would have thought it would have been difficult for the panel to come to a a conclusion but I may be wrong on that . |
| 2 | But I may be working soon myself . |
| 3 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 4 | I may be warning you off that Nigel fellow , but I may be worse . |
| 5 | But I may be going back far too long for the evening . |
| 6 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 7 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 8 | The man with a gun could wait for ever , but I would be gone . |
| 9 | ‘ How long it is right for both me and the bank to do the job is not something we are considering at present , ’ he says , ‘ but I would be surprised if I was still here in 16 years ' ; time . ’ |
| 10 | I know you live very quietly , but I would be very quiet — I only want to discuss Dante and Shakespeare and Wordsworth and Coleridge and Goethe and Schiller and Webster and Ford and Sir Thomas Browne et hoc genus omne , not forgetting of course , Christabel LaMotte and the ambitious Fairy Project . |
| 11 | I said I did n't think so , but I would be soon . |
| 12 | I think I told him I had too much homework that night but I would be free on Saturday . ’ |
| 13 | They would be on army pay , but I would be in command . |
| 14 | ‘ But I would be obliged if you would come straight to the point , Captain Carew . ’ |
| 15 | I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results . |
| 16 | THERE is no competition attached to the following remarks , mainly because it would be easy enough to cheat , but I would be glad to have any suggestions about the question that could have received the answer quoted . |
| 17 | Undoubtedly Maazel and the composer in No. 3 , but I would be hard-pressed to choose between Maazel and the splendid new Dutoit in the Symphonic Dances . |
| 18 | But I would be extremely chary of asking the newer ‘ red ’ and ‘ yellow ’ forms to live in alkaline or even neutral water . |
| 19 | I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology . |
| 20 | ‘ I did get some interviews but I would be so paralysed I could n't do myself justice . |
| 21 | It is unlikely that we shall come up with a mechanical formula — in quite a number of cases , judgments will be necessary ; but I would be surprised if the guiding principles did not lead to pretty definite answers in the majority of cases . |
| 22 | However , they will only eat earthworms , which is fine ″ the summer , but I would be much happier if they would take a little trout , prawns and beefheart . |
| 23 | If not , I would n't be bankrupt but I would be taking out a second mortgage on the house . ’ |
| 24 | She fixed me with a big smile and gave a flirtatious wink from behind her diamond encrusted specs and said : ‘ But I would be happy to invite YOU in Tony . |
| 25 | Says David Stokes : ‘ My parents said they would by them for me when the time was right but I would be too embarrassed to ask . |
| 26 | Crosby said : ‘ I have not spoken to Norwich but I would be interested in Crook . |
| 27 | But I would be grateful if you would keep them to yourself And I 'd like you to have a look at the blotter and see whether you can remember what it looked like on Monday . |
| 28 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage , ’ Rowland confesses . |
| 29 | ‘ I have no wish to take the adventure out of climbing — that is not in my professional interests , after all — but I would be a hypocrite if I did not accept that we are causing environmental damage . |
| 30 | As the house is of the Georgian period , I was thinking of oak as a possibility , but I would be most grateful if you could let me know what other types of wood are suitable , either hardwood or softwood , including some of the foreign hardwoods that are now available . |