Example sentences of "but what i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six months or so of this produced not only a degree of understandable tedium -even the most terrifying things can become boring if lived with long enough — but what I would call an inverse effect . |
| 2 | What I did not realise then — but what I would discover the moment I embarked on my journey to those front doors — was that I had touched upon the essence of the Arab–Israeli war ; that while the existence of the Palestinians and their demand for a nation lay at the heart of the Middle East crisis , it was the contradiction inherent in the claims to ownership of the land of Palestine — the ‘ homeland ’ of the Jews in Balfour 's declaration — which generated the anger and fear of both Palestinians and Israelis . |
| 3 | But what I would wish to suggest is that other considerations of an evolutionary kind lend weight to the view McDowell is challenging . |
| 4 | But what I would say is that we should perhaps er er you know identify areas where we think we might erm where discussion would be fruitful and then we could marshall the information if we , if we wished to . |
| 5 | that say there , but what I would suggest is that if we do this , if we actually train up , pay for a number of our staff to be trained , we have a unique selling point . |
| 6 | But what I would like to know is , any of you know for certain that you want to come to either of the parts of those that day , in the evening or the afternoon ? |
| 7 | ‘ But what I would do is try and make it more popular , with special promotions and so on . |
| 8 | Er whereas the County Council have sought to re to er keep vacancies constant , we have said that it is reasonable to seek to plan to keep second homes etcetera as a constant number but what I would term normal vacancies , can be reasonably be expected to go up to maintain the same proportion . |
| 9 | Can I remind you we will not be sitting after lunch tomorrow , but what I would hope is we could probably deal with C and E in the morning , b by one o'clock . |
| 10 | They are the editors , they 're not the sole authors so each chapter has a different author erm and like all books some are stronger than others but what I would like you to do for the next , by the time we meet next time , that 's on Monday the next lecture , please have read chapters one and two of that book . |
| 11 | But what I would like to do is to keep him here , just for the next few hours . |
| 12 | Yes er that , that 's no problem but what I would like to do is obviously keep er face to face er contact so that we can explain the thing fully because you may have other questions that you want to ask once you 've actually read it so therefore I 'm on hand hopefully to answer all these questions |
| 13 | But what I would like to say before we look at those is that the Act was actually based upon a report — the government set up a committee to look into special education several years ago , and this reported about two years ago . |
| 14 | erm Although one would hate to be , I do n't want to be accused of being elitist and saying that E H O's must do a particular job , but what I would like to say it that we need people who are trained to a sufficient level to be able to do the ultra high risk catering area , as distinct from other high-risk areas . |
| 15 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 16 | But what I ca n't do is to look back and saying you 've been , you are like this now but |
| 17 | ‘ I thought so , but what I ca n't understand is why you 're letting Dana get away with it . |
| 18 | But what I ca n't understand is why you needed to know what star sign I am , or the characteristics that go with it . |
| 19 | But what I ca n't understand , I mean majority of people I mean erm you 've got ta pay the debt in the end whatever . |
| 20 | Mm , but what I ca n't weigh up is there 's nothing wrong together in the first place |
| 21 | Position positional isomers branch chain functional group and there 's one other odd one which has a very peculiar name and the name it normally goes by is a fairly old name , now I 'm not sure at this stage if that name is still used but what I 'll do is to describe the form of the isomerism first and let you decide what you would prefer to call it . |
| 22 | But what I 'll do if I may , applaud your commonsense when it comes to the vote . |
| 23 | But what I 'll try and ask you to do is your service level is not just four nights four noons four despatch you know it 's not just that . |
| 24 | But what I 'll do is , if tomorrow I get time I 'll have a look in erm Top Shop . |
| 25 | But what I 'll do is I 'll set you some work on stuff you need to revise and so forth . |
| 26 | So you can do it every other day , or whenever , whatever your organisational is , but what I used to do is do it on a Friday . |
| 27 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 28 | ‘ Ask not , ’ Carnelian taunted , ‘ what you can do for me , but what I can do for you . ’ |
| 29 | From this pilot study I can not say yes or no , but what I can say is that this pilot study suggests that it will |
| 30 | But what I can also do is leverage the power of client server extensions to S Q L. We talked about pioneering efforts in stored procedures and triggers . |