Example sentences of "but then you [modal v] " 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 | ‘ But then you 'll want to come back , ’ said Calatin , ‘ because it stands to reason that you wo n't want to stay in the Future — well , no one would . |
| 10 | yeah , but then you 'll only have fifty P for lunch and that 's not enough |
| 11 | 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 ! ) |
| 12 | But then you might feel that you 're going backwards but you still just modify your position to keep that gap there . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But then you might worry , if I 'm bound to come back down again , how can I guarantee that I come back down into the right erm body again . |
| 15 | ‘ But then you would n't be having a child , would you ? ’ came the swift , quiet , but strangely disconcerting reply . |
| 16 | But then you would n't need the erm Pythagoras 's theory would you for that . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But then you would know about that — your business , that must have taken a fair amount of hard work . ’ |
| 19 | but then you would , we would in fact budget increase as well in the same way as you 'll when there 's an , if if there was a pay award and you get an inflation allowance with the pay award the same way as in the statutory charges increases budget will increase as well , which in that sense was against |
| 20 | But then you would n't |
| 21 | ‘ Losing the will to go on fighting — but then you 'd know that better than me . ’ |
| 22 | All men were the same , of course : they all liked to hold the floor while the womenfolk listened respectfully , but then you 'd think a Turk would be more interesting . |
| 23 | But then you 'd have to become self employed and teach aerobics . |
| 24 | On its own it 's weighty enough ; but then you must add fourteen golf clubs , a dozen or so balls , an umbrella , a set of waterproofs , spare sweaters , caps and visors , half a dozen golf gloves , a book of rules , tins of sweets , bars of chocolates , apples , bananas and other fruit and , in Jack Mason 's case , sometimes a couple of bottles of strong beer . |
| 25 | Heavy going at first , but then you can get into it . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | but then you can have them back . |
| 28 | But then you can watch a film and a series on Central all the way through , without having to wait from about five minutes to ten , almost , not literally , but almost through till about er five to eleven . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But then you can really have a mortgage for that . |