Example sentences of "but [adv] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and they look quite good , but irritatingly I could have done with them , after the first workshop . |
| 2 | Er but perhaps I could talk about the Centre , which is not . |
| 3 | Erm I 'll be happy to distribute copies but perhaps I could run through that draft quickly now erm and go through what I would say are the advantages . |
| 4 | Erm well perhaps you , you wou would you er let me perhaps er well not let me but perhaps I could ring a few of erm those people just to have a chat with them and perhaps put , you know , talk about the er planning your future exercise with them as well , could you , would you give me some numbers please ? |
| 5 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 6 | £ Well , I think I really had better stop there , and then if you want to ask any questions erm we can go into them , but perhaps I could just mention two things that I would like to have said more about , one was , that you probably know , there were three or two major epidemics in Oxford , of what they call plague , but it was probably a form of typhus , in 1643 and 44 , and a good deal of sickness , I think , still in 1645 , and the other was that there was a very serious fire , which almost certainly arose from these kind of living conditions , because Anthony Wood says it was a soldier roasting pig , erm and I think a lot of cooking went on in very unsuitable situations . |
| 7 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 8 | Richards , 40 , said : ‘ I was flattered to receive the offer , but morally I could not accept . |
| 9 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 10 | The choir outside seemed to have stopped , but downstairs I could hear the Quigleys . |
| 11 | My mother wanted to fuss over me in Lanhowell , but somehow I could n't take that . |
| 12 | But still I could not sleep . |
| 13 | They were supposed to heighten our perceptions , but really I could see little difference between my ordinary vision of life , which was fantastic enough , and what the pills apparently produced , mainly a nervous sleeplessness shot through with incoherent babblings and bursts of laughter alternating with floods of tears . |
| 14 | ‘ I really do n't have any regrets , but now I could lose everything . ’ |
| 15 | It had seemed right and touching that verbal arrangements had not been necessary ; but now I could n't help wishing we had spoken about it , and he had said , " Dearest , it shall be the climax of our wonderful holiday , and when I come home … " |
| 16 | I was still carrying the child , but now I could see you riding away into the distance . |
| 17 | She went on , but now I could hear another voice . |
| 18 | The adrenalin of going to a Court had kept it at bay so far but now I could feel the walls closing in again . |
| 19 | But even I could n't will wakefulness with complete success , and the events of those nights soon began to affect my day-time behaviour . |
| 20 | The tousled girl in front of me , she was reading a buxom magazine : its text was in French , I think , but even I could tell that the article she scanned was about fellatio technique — blowjob knowhow . |
| 21 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 22 | Moderator we , we do accept this but maybe I could er say just a word to the assembly about the workload as it were of this panel on doctrine . |
| 23 | The cops would be watching the bus station and the railroad terminal , but maybe I could bribe my way aboard a tramp steamer for Macao or Shanghai . |
| 24 | ‘ No , but maybe I could be a friend if you 'd let me . ’ |
| 25 | Families were breaking down when I was a probation officer in King 's Cross , but then I could get these kids rent money for private accommodation up front . |
| 26 | I have this theory that at such times he 's communing with the mother ship which gave him his mission on this planet , but then I could be wrong . |
| 27 | If you did n't all want to go , you know you do n't have to go , but then I could just take maybe ten or fifteen of you , but how many will be interested in going to the one in the summer in this lovely out-door theatre ? |
| 28 | " When I was dealing with the men personally I generally got them to see matters from my point of view , but unfortunately I could not stay in any one port for any length of time ; my subordinates did not have the same control over men as I did " . |
| 29 | ( A coppa was my favourite treat but unfortunately I could not afford it very often . ) |
| 30 | We have an Amstrad DMP 3160 printer , which seems fine to me , but occasionally I could do with some fancy fonts and am I really looking for DTP ? |