Example sentences of "but [conj] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this I do n't mean that I can cure the patient , but that I can cope with the situation . |
| 2 | In summer it is not so dense but that I can find the blackbird wherever it sings among its branches and not in Winter so agile but that its changing patterns are conspicuous against the sky , its sound an appreciable susurration using the harp strings of the wind . |
| 3 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
| 4 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 5 | I do not think that it is wisdom that is required but if I can do anything , I will . |
| 6 | But if I can move on just for a second , erm when you get over and above that , we have problems where people that are purchasing those sort of vehicles can not afford , with the best will in the world , to take them in to the main agents and have a full service , although they should do , but if you ca n't afford to do that and these are the problems that we had , so we actually changed that . |
| 7 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 8 | I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon . |
| 9 | I do it if I really have to , but if I can avoid it I chicken out , and I had too much lately . ’ |
| 10 | We have got a flexibility factor on Tuesday morning , but if I can avoid that I would like to do it , and I 'm sure some some others would as well . |
| 11 | Bit of a squeeze , but if I can get through , you can follow , and we 'll make a dash . ’ |
| 12 | But if I can get it to Andernesse somehow , she thought , then surely it 'll be safe and everything will stop … ’ |
| 13 | but er , so now I 've got a thirty six , thirty five , thirty four , thirty four , thirty four , thirty two and thirty , so that 's a B count in B file , so there 's no hassle with that , but if I can get on and get rid of the er , I 've got twenty eight , twenty nine in there as well , er twenty eight in there as well , so I want to get rid of the twenty eight and twenty nine but it is a guarantee that a B file , so there 's |
| 14 | ‘ But if I can help , Holmes , I shall come with you , ’ I said . |
| 15 | ‘ Ribalta is hard to hit , but if I can catch him I will knock him out . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But if I can keep my sense of humour , I hope that we will be all right . ’ |
| 17 | But if I can find it |
| 18 | But if I can put my thinking erm on the floor first , it seems to me that vacant Normal vacancies as Mr has described them , are a function of people moving from one house to another . |
| 19 | I believe the issues about the western road are different but but I can say that as far as the northern route is concerned , Scotton Parish Council would be more than happy if i the notation on the key diagram could be changed to a single star . |
| 20 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 21 | But before I can do that I need to establish something even more basic : what it is exactly that I am inquiring into . |
| 22 | But before I can begin the calculations , a shadow blocks the light . |
| 23 | But before I can turn it , the door opens . |
| 24 | But when I can see he 's not looking , I do so . |