Example sentences of "[noun] but you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was saying sorry on Tuesday but you could n't fault him here , ’ said Lions boss Mick McCarthy . |
| 2 | If your footwear is uncomfortable you will not only end up with sore feet or blisters but you could become a danger to yourself or , worse , still , to others who might have to come and rescue you . |
| 3 | The tide was far out over a wide plain of sand but you could see its many colours silvering towards those reaches where sky and horizon misted together . |
| 4 | The example here is a catalogue of CDs but you could easily modify the template for any inventory . |
| 5 | The Israelis had turned the Damiani soap factory into a municipal museum but you could still see the family 's name in fading Arabic letters on the archway at one end of the building . |
| 6 | You do not have to spend much money on these items for basic hacking and general enjoyment of your horse/pony but you could spend hundreds of pounds for the best . |
| 7 | I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there . |
| 8 | There is much to see and enjoy in town but you could spend all your time walking through the Tatra National Park where there are hundreds of miles of paths and breathtaking views . |
| 9 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |
| 10 | The long cooking time will give a brown skin but you could brush the turkey with brown seasoning or tomato purée to give it more colour . |
| 11 | understand the meaning behind the sentence but you could n't word for word . |
| 12 | We cleared it at night but you could see the spray smashing up against the cliffs — it was a pretty narrow escape . |
| 13 | Er and not many fresh eggs but we did get dried eggs which were , were , it was n't a bad substitute but it was n't the same as a fresh egg but you could scramble them and you could use them for cooking but then you see there was very little fat . |
| 14 | You could n't see the trains but you could hear them . |
| 15 | Who but you could think of it ? 'This annoyed Ivy dreadfully . |
| 16 | You should be lucky and knit a perfect garment in the first yarn that comes to hand but you could also be badly disappointed . |
| 17 | You could be lucky and knit a perfect garment in the first yarn that comes to hand but you could also be badly disappointed . |
| 18 | Take them out of their misery but you could n't cope with them because the ground was moving with them . |
| 19 | We could get a limousine at the Beverley Hills hotel but you could n't get a taxi , so everyone learned how to call down from the front desk and order whatever they needed out of necessity . |
| 20 | " Well , keeping the place straight , " Siegfried said ; " I would n't expect perfection but you could tidy up each day , and of course prepare the meals . " |
| 21 | You could drag them to the pitch but you could n't make them perform . |