Example sentences of "but you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's pretty lightweight , most of it and what is n't lightweight is salacious , so I would n't think you 'd find much to stimulate you there , but you could try . |
| 2 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 3 | The N.C.M.A. thinks that a minimum of £17 a week per child for full-time care is reasonable , but you could charge more depending on the parents ' earnings and the number of meals provided etc . |
| 4 | ‘ But you could not have known it was us . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm sure Eukanuba will prove successful but you could ask your vet about Waltham 's Canine Low Calorie Diet as an alternative . |
| 6 | Among the celebrating parties , you could see … those that were cheering for la France and de Gaulle , others for Stalin , others for el-Hussaini ( the Palestinian grand mufti ) , but you could scarcely see any that were cheering for Lebanon . ’ |
| 7 | The trade papers are expensive , but you could ask your local library to order them . |
| 8 | He is an ‘ insider ’ : an ex-member of MI5 , rising to deputy director ; but you could not tell that from this book . |
| 9 | But you could argue that an extra 9mph on top speed is irrelevant on our increasingly crowded roads and that acceleration is what matters . |
| 10 | But you could n't feel smug about filling up your tank with unleaded while all that was going on . |
| 11 | The girl in the mortuary had n't been anything like five feet nine , but you could n't expect an aunt to tell the height of a prone corpse . |
| 12 | They will spend more than £40 a week on oil — that 's £2,000 a year — but you could spend £3,000 on a modern filter system and that will be paid back in 18 months . ’ |
| 13 | Madeleine said she did n't mind , but you could see his lordship was going down like a dose of castor oil . |
| 14 | We could get a limousine at the Beverley Hills hotel but you could n't get a taxi , so everyone learned how to call down from the front desk and order whatever they needed out of necessity . |
| 15 | Philip reckoned he was n't as big as him but you could n't have told what age he was . |
| 16 | It was rough , but you could get through easy enough before the new bracken grew . |
| 17 | But you could n't trust him if something upset him not to act up . |
| 18 | He threw a rock down it but you could not hear it strike the bottom … . |
| 19 | They were crap , but you could scratch with them if you put 10p pieces on the heads . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , Dorothea , ’ said Isabel Lavender , her small mouth pointing the consonants , ‘ but you could hardly say he took part . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure I 've seen that dress before , ’ whispers a disappointed woman in front , but you could scarcely expect the Queen to wear a new suit for each of the fourteen investitures each year as well as all her other official functions . |
| 22 | But you could not in all honesty , Wilson , expect us to make that our first consideration . ’ |
| 23 | But you could toss a coin between them when it comes to judging the difference . ’ |
| 24 | Social Worker : It may be wrong , but you could n't then make your body not a body which was the only way then you could make yourself not experience some pleasure . |
| 25 | But you could not save me from those who want to harm me . |
| 26 | The Israelis had turned the Damiani soap factory into a municipal museum but you could still see the family 's name in fading Arabic letters on the archway at one end of the building . |
| 27 | The phrasing got so slow and emphatic that you knew that she wanted you to listen to and weigh up every single word ; but you could n't tell if each word was freighted with anger , or bitterness , or joy ; it just came out with great , quiet force , and you had to work out its tone for yourself . |
| 28 | Our rental car was called a Ford Escort , but you could have fooled me ; somebody had smoothed off all the corners . |
| 29 | Panama was five thousand miles away , but you could n't be too sure : it was still America 's backyard . |
| 30 | ‘ If it walls and closes out but you could maybe ride it , that 's thirty . |