Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I can see me running faster than I have before . ’ |
| 2 | But someone might see me out there … |
| 3 | But nobody will back me up ! |
| 4 | They 're all saying and they 're all talking but I 'm the only one , I have been at the council , I have been at the councillor , I have been at Waterloo Place , but nobody will back me up at all ! |
| 5 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |
| 6 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 7 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 8 | But you 'll forget me , find somebody who can live in a romantic dream-world , somebody who can fool themselves that love is real . |
| 9 | But you may think me merely biased if I say that my own father could in many ways be considered to rank with such men , and that his career is the one I have always scrutinized for a definition of ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 10 | That 's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings ; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded . |
| 11 | But you may look me up . |
| 12 | But you must tell me all about it , I ca n't wait to hear . |
| 13 | ‘ But you must show me the books , tell me everything about the business . ’ |
| 14 | But you must show me what to do next . ’ |
| 15 | But you must give me leave to confide in the prince , and I make the same promise for him . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , it 's terribly kind of you to find me a place to stay , but you must let me give you the money . |
| 17 | But you must let me — ’ |
| 18 | I know you are working for Ipuky , but you must let me work with you . |
| 19 | But you must trust me ! |
| 20 | ‘ But you must promise me not to tell Uncle Jake . |
| 21 | ‘ But you will make me happy ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I shall certainly go up , but you will announce me , Araminta , like the dutiful daughter you are , ’ he returned sardonically . |
| 23 | I am your wife , your child , but you will leave me , |
| 24 | This is n't a fashionable view , neither with writers nor politicians , but you will forgive me . |
| 25 | But you will let me know — as soon as — ’ |
| 26 | But you will let me have my tablets before I go ? |
| 27 | But you 'd expect me to ask it . |
| 28 | But you could give me this project , put me in charge of the entire operation — and let me see it through . |
| 29 | But you could give me some It 's so difficult . |
| 30 | ‘ But you could advise me , at least . ’ |