Example sentences of "[verb] but you [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you could have won but you were daft and did n't take the right card . |
| 2 | Well the notes are grouped but you 're gon na add the . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know but you 're going to tell me . ’ |
| 4 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 5 | I mean you buy it you 're not gon na , I mean alright you 're gon na have a bit more grown but you 're only gon na get a bit more muscly . |
| 6 | Go on then , you can carry on singing but you 're a bit late . |
| 7 | People very rarely say what they mean but you 're the exception and it 's important to remember that . |
| 8 | With children , your alternative is hard but I think it 's like a John Donne paradox : you 're bound but you 're also free ’ . |
| 9 | You know , you know but you 're not listening . |
| 10 | Oh I know but you 're especially |
| 11 | I know but you 're still |
| 12 | I know but you 're not in my class though . |
| 13 | You are kind of dozing but you are not asleep because you ca n't get to sleep because there is a needle sticking in your arm and you have got a drip going on and they come and change the bag and you are constantly feeling sick . |
| 14 | So it 's it 's getting but you 're coming along very well are n't you . |
| 15 | But , Debbie was just getting to the stage where she was just to same on the shift , erm , but yes , you need , like , th , the , you get certain people that , they just need the challenge , but then you can find yourself erm , getting into a situation where you 're giving them those extra things to do but you 're taking them away from somebody else , so they 're like just going into the background , you know . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's odd kissing someone you do n't want to kiss but you 're just creating something as an actor for your audience , ’ she explains , admitting there are still times when she feels awkward . |
| 17 | I did try but you were engaged . " |
| 18 | It is almost impossible to see where events will lead but you are going through a baptism of fire . |
| 19 | When at last the shrill voice was silent the Trapper said : ‘ She says the boy may go but you are to stay here . ’ |
| 20 | And when you talk sensibly to them and that you know , about ja , that and too old for you like that , something like that I , I get really erm you know , really erm when they erm they , they start to laugh but you 're not quite funny and that . |
| 21 | I said but you 're |
| 22 | ‘ … and you kept your mouth shut but you were beaten up and threatened with worse . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's maddening but you 're just left not being able to work and having to get by on benefits . |