Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ But I would prefer the British scene to keep the accent on the wrestling — a combination of the American flair for the hype and the traditional good British wrestling moves . ’ |
| 3 | People will feel very strongly about them , but I would say the following . |
| 4 | Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority |
| 5 | I am not sure whether a statement on yesterday 's meeting would be appropriate , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's request to my right hon. Friend 's attention . |
| 6 | We have much important business to conduct , so I doubt whether a statement will be possible , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's remarks to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 7 | The answer is , if they had a particular general part of the study , but I shall stick them on the wall , er , with Blue Tac , but I shall stick the Blue Tac on the so I shall just make that point , so that if some particular person whose just taken it on , do n't ask about the use of Blue Tac in his room . |
| 8 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
| 9 | It was too cold to push my face far out of my sleeping bag but I could see the yellow damp stain , like a map , on the wall opposite , and the little nest of cobwebs in a comer of the ceiling . |
| 10 | I loved trains , but I could remember the mounting excitement that I felt , as we approached the path leading to the station , change suddenly and inexplicably to fear . |
| 11 | But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles . |
| 12 | I was glad of this ; I should have made every effort to see to her comfort in the cottage but I could imagine the thunderous impact that Préfleur would have on her . |
| 13 | ‘ But I will send the young woman in , if that is your wish . ’ |
| 14 | I am therefore unable to answer this question today , but I will bring the hon. Gentleman 's point to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor . |
| 15 | government , it it 's various years so I hate to sort of say , ah well council taxes cuts will be a bit lower er with the conservatives going to be an argument which is but halfway to equal counties so I think we can sort of discount really what the conservatives say but I will say the liberal democrats are to be . |
| 16 | But I can tell the Hon. Gentleman that sufficient time will be given to take all such considerations properly into account . |
| 17 | Unlike the Labour party and the Militant Tendency we tend not to have card-carrying women , but I can tell the hon. Lady , although I was not asked this question , that precisely 50 per cent . |
| 18 | At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed . |
| 19 | But I can create the right conditions for confidence . |
| 20 | Yes , it is true , but I must add the following : even her hand-outs to beggars were based on negation : she gave them money not because beggars , too , belonged to mankind , but because they did not belong to it , because they were excluded from it , and probably like her , felt no solidarity with mankind . |