Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried again and again to explain that an electric cooker needed a more powerful circuit than other equipment , but no-one would accept such an idea . |
| 2 | But no-one can offer any hope of a proper home for Heidi . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
| 4 | But I would suggest that part of sustaining the conditions for women working today and ensuring both a livelihood and acknowledgement through publication , or preservation in museums and galleries , is a radical rewriting of the existing stories of art . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're so good to me , Stephen , ’ she said seriously , ‘ but I would change all this to have more of your company . ’ |
| 6 | Characters such as broader incisors and enlarged maxillary sinuses are the only characters apart from the premaxillary/incisive complex ( see character 4 ) that Begun designates for the hominine clade , but I would interpret these as basal hominid characters ( node 2 on the cladogram in box 1 ) , not diagnostic of the hominine clade . |
| 7 | But I would give much to get away from that house ! ’ |
| 8 | I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital . |
| 9 | ‘ But I would like enough money to have a nice home of my own — and to be able to set my mother and my brothers up somewhere else . |
| 10 | ‘ But I would say that , would n't I , even if I were ? ’ |
| 11 | No , but I would say that er , play would be addressing you know , well no say , probably you accepted them for face value to the ticket does n't say it is . |
| 12 | Fortunately we had fairly stable air but I would imagine that with some thermal activity glide approaches could be fairly tricky to judge and particularly , over a hot runway , there could be a considerable amount of float . |
| 13 | But I would imagine that 's what she wants to train Teresa up for , so she can just run it and she can sort of |
| 14 | I do n't know , but I would imagine that . |
| 15 | Er but I would add this to you know please do not depend in any way upon Beria |
| 16 | When we did the Ring people said it was ‘ chamber music ’ ; but I would deny that . |
| 17 | Teacher : I have not come across such blatant attitudes amongst other members of staff but I would get that feeling and if I can , being white , feel an atmosphere like that then the children can too , especially if their skins are black . |
| 18 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 19 | But I might send this out just as a holding , a holding note anyway . |
| 20 | Of course , the police are n't prepared to commit themselves yet but I 'll bet that 's what they 're thinking . |
| 21 | But I 'll do all I can To try and get by |
| 22 | But this week , because the handbrake is a , wanted tightening up , you know , but I 'll do that get it 's M O T in another weeks time . |
| 23 | I 've no brief for management and by and large I do n't find many managements very efficient , but I 'll say this , Imperial Typewriter management are soft and if we have got a case we have no difficulty in winning it , no difficulty … |
| 24 | ‘ Trelawney , ’ said Dr Livesey , ‘ I do n't always think you find the best men , but I 'll say this : John Silver seems a good man . |
| 25 | It is n't much , but I 'll say this for Dr John Young . |
| 26 | → No : but I 'll agree that portion of the Metheny interview was ambiguous ! |
| 27 | But I 'll keep that for another time . |
| 28 | ‘ I never met them but I 'll keep that ring all my life . ’ |
| 29 | I want to first of all express our extreme pleasure for having the arrangements that were made by our good English friends , especially those associated with the Three-Ninetieth missile , well I 'm sorry but I 'll get that missile straightened out , Three-Ninetieth Memorial Air Museum . |
| 30 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |