Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I dare say you like apples . |
| 2 | ‘ But I dare say we could get around that . |
| 3 | Yeah well as I say I I lived in the east end of London and that that 's how it was done there but I dare say that other places organized it |
| 4 | " 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 . |
| 5 | JERVIS : I am not to dispute with your honour , but I dare say if the men will let her alone she 'll never trouble herself about them . |
| 6 | But I dare say you wo n't believe that . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | among anthropologists and among philosophers but I dare say that most readers of this book would like to situate themselves somewhere on the Epicurean side of the fence ; so would I , but the intellectual difficulties which flow from that position are very great . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It seems I have to make some travel abroad , but I may return later to complete my studies . ’ |
| 13 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 14 | But I may monitor the progress of this team called the ‘ Cheats ’ along with our other entries . |
| 15 | That 'll do for now , but I may want to talk to you again . ’ |
| 16 | But I may want to recognize that just as well as that . |
| 17 | To Giles I 'm a ‘ Jeremiah ’ who should be capable of ‘ an act of faith ’ — act of lunacy , more like ; to Hans Haenlein and others I 've got incredibly deep pockets ; to Peter Davey , for whom I voted and who is now so far removed from ‘ the cultural gangsters ’ as to be a cultural kamikaze pilot , I need ‘ a heroic proposal ’ ; to Mervyn Miller I should n't ‘ surrender my birthright ’ — but I may have to sell it . |
| 18 | The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it . |
| 19 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I may have become blind to its charms . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 23 | Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday . |
| 24 | I 'll not need anyone till about lunch-time so you have your sleep in , but I may ring you up after that . |
| 25 | but I ought to explain what I mean by budgeted fi figure . |
| 26 | But I ought to report him ! |
| 27 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 28 | ‘ Thank you for the lunch , Rob , ’ she smiled , ‘ but I ought to get back now . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 30 | But I would do it rather than |