Example sentences of "but then you [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then you ca n't imagine that , can you ? |
| 2 | Rumoured appearances from The Breeders and Mick Jones failed to materialise but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 3 | Rumoured appearances from The Breeders and Mick Jones failed to materialise but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 4 | Leopardstown 's race has n't the charisma of last year when Dr Devious took on St Jovite , but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 5 | You 're going you get your dressing gown on and call , but then you ca n't use your dressing gown properly can ya ? |
| 6 | But then you ca n't in |
| 7 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |
| 8 | It is , but then you wo n't be able to compare the , the details against the |
| 9 | yeah , but then you 'll only have fifty P for lunch and that 's not enough |
| 10 | I woke up having 5 minute contractions and thought I 'd lost ‘ my water ’ on the loo , without really being sure ( if only you could have a trial run — but then you might not go through with it if you did ! ) |
| 11 | For the first time she regretted being an identical twin ; none of this would have happened if she and Dana had been ordinary sisters , but then you might never have met Roman Wyatt , her subconscious whispered . |
| 12 | ‘ But then you would n't be having a child , would you ? ’ came the swift , quiet , but strangely disconcerting reply . |
| 13 | But then you would n't need the erm Pythagoras 's theory would you for that . |
| 14 | But then you would n't |
| 15 | You 've been very gentle with me , which makes it even worse ; perhaps if you 'd been more brutal I could have managed to stop … but then you would never be brutal . |
| 16 | But then you can really have a mortgage for that . |
| 17 | You 've had to be like that all the time , otherwise you feel like you ai n't getting there , they 're getting the better of you , like … ’ cos you listen , do n't you , when you 've had the baby they are supposed to help you and advise you , so you take all their … but then you can only take so much , and you think these must be the mad ones , like . |
| 18 | You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect . |
| 19 | But then you could n't just switch it on and listen to the music like the wireless . |