Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I may be working soon myself . |
| 2 | But I may be going back far too long for the evening . |
| 3 | The man with a gun could wait for ever , but I would be gone . |
| 4 | If not , I would n't be bankrupt but I would be taking out a second mortgage on the house . ’ |
| 5 | " But I would be taking advantage of your kindness and feelings for me . " |
| 6 | Adam continued , ‘ But I would be empowered to draw only on Elinor 's housekeeping account in Nice . |
| 7 | ‘ But I would be obliged if you would come straight to the point , Captain Carew . ’ |
| 8 | But you might be talking to a client , says , but at the moment , I 've got no need , erm , or I 've got n no intention of buying now , but I might be buying in a year or two year 's time . |
| 9 | I may have to nursemaid you , but I 'll be damned if I 'll let you bugger things up for me . ’ |
| 10 | But I 'll be leaving Weatherbury next spring . |
| 11 | ‘ But I 'll be spoiling your holiday . |
| 12 | He says , right I 'm gon na go off the alcohol , I 'll be totally teetotal but I 'll be taking valium , he says it 's just like a vicious circle , what am I gon na do after the valium . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'll be living with my own people . |
| 14 | But I 'll be sending the boys with Freely , one of my temporary people . |
| 15 | I 'll stay one more night with Victor , because he 's got the spaghetti going and he 's bought an airbed , but I 'll be gone tomorrow . |
| 16 | But I 'll be teaching again over there . ’ |
| 17 | They help take my mind off Benn but I 'll be focusing solely on him when I leave for London . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Appreciate all offers , ’ said Joe , ‘ but I 'll be having my own breakfast in a little while . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I 'll be going back with the Templemans . |
| 20 | I 've never said this before but I 'll be putting more emphasis [ on Europe ] , because of my understanding of it . |
| 21 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 22 | But I 'll be coming to see you again soon . |
| 23 | But I 'll be sitting there asking |
| 24 | I may be hungry , thirsty and chilly , but I 'll be found . |
| 25 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 26 | Graham said of Buksch : ‘ I 'm not allowed to criticise referees , but I shall be writing to the FA asking that this guy does not take charge of our games again this season . |
| 27 | ‘ Ah , but I shall be gone , too . |
| 28 | I may seek to control him , if he is potentially useful to me ; but I shall be betraying my principles if I begin to enjoy the sensation of another resisting and yielding , if I develop a taste for power for its own sake . |
| 29 | but I shall be asking for one and we 'll see what personnel says . |
| 30 | ‘ But I shall be making it quite clear to the Government that we should not lose out in Scotland as a consequence of the possibility that only one Objective 1 area could be added from the UK . ’ |