Example sentences of "but you can [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't stop a lot of the environmental damage being done but you can make efforts to reduce it by acting ‘ green ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ But you can make nuts and bolts listen to you . |
| 3 | ‘ Nah , 'cos you do n't have to drop out , like , completely , the Sixties ’ people , right , or the crusties or whatever dropped out , and that did n't change anything , but you can change things sort of from the inside . ’ |
| 4 | But you can do things . |
| 5 | They liquidize but you can liquidize things by heating them up that would liquidize them but in this particular case you just mix them with some water what 's the process called ? |
| 6 | Other crops can not sustain the increased population , but you can build empires on maize . |
| 7 | There are no buttonholes but you can push buttons through the ladders if you want to . |
| 8 | Exactly how it happened we still do not known for sure but you can find examples of the kind of organisms it produced in almost any patch of fresh water . |
| 9 | I was talking about comparative , where some er situations and all this , that and the next thing , right , I mean one that , quite a , quite a useful phrase what you say is , is n't that true that , no you might not like that phrase , right , but you can take phrases like that and you can think to yourself can I , can I , right . |
| 10 | But you can take precautions against them , ca n't you ? |
| 11 | But you can take efforts , you can make the effort yourself to keep yourself safe . |
| 12 | Hawthorn and blackthorn are the most frequently occurring species but you can recognise pointers to the antiquity of the hedgerows you encounter on the ‘ indicator ’ species — hazel , field maple , Midland hawthorn and spindle . |
| 13 | but you can have vents . |