Example sentences of "but you have [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 He had no really bad faults but you had to be careful that nothing startled him , such as a bird suddenly rising , and on one occasion he did bolt .
2 But you had to be an amateur .
3 You went to work by yourself but you had to be taken to the hospital , and when I was on Martin it was right next door .
4 But you had to be in by eight o'clock .
5 But you have to be bloody lucky there .
6 I can not be 100 per cent sure the girls did not manipulate them but you have to be 100 per cent sure that they did it before you can ban a person for four years .
7 But you have to be realistic .
8 This aeroplane costs the price of ten Ferrari 348s , but you have to be a bit of an expert in engineering and aerodynamics to see where the money goes , so elegant and refined is the blending of shapes , forms and functions .
9 It is 1,38 per cent smaller than out hp figure , which is not really significant , but you have to be politically correct these days !
10 You try to avoid those types of events , but you have to be courteous .
11 David is listed at £120,000 but you have to be flexible . ’
12 Living systems certainly have physical components but you have to be a very thoroughgoing reductionist to feel happy with the notion that biology ( and anthropology ) are nothing but , admittedly elaborate , corollaries to physics .
13 I think this is the only way to teach these kids , but you have to be committed to this way of teaching to make it work .
14 This too is worth a try if it 's not obvious what else might be amiss , but you have to be very careful when dusting off the components .
15 Of course there is the ever-present possibility of resistance because of client fears that you are out to chase up more fees ‘ but you have to be open about it and say , yes , there may be fees further down the line but it 's still up to the client whether they want the work done or not , ’ he said .
16 He voted Liberal last time himself , but you have to be fair .
17 But you have to be careful that by doing something like that you 're not making life completely onerous
18 Do you know , but you have to be so quick and you have to be precise and you must know that that 's what you want .
19 But it strikes on particular things , it strikes on something rough , but you never quite know , know what , not , no good trying it out because you never quite know whether it 's going to strike or not , when you get to be older , we 'll allow you to strike a match , but you have to be quite older to do that
20 dad I have n't gon na be a police , but you have to be careful any sort of car can be a police car
21 But you have to be really slow .
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