Example sentences of "but [conj] you can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry to trouble you now , but if you can bear it it would help us to get some more information from you all . |
| 2 | There are professional firms , such as Sharps Bedrooms , who will measure up the room and install the wardrobes for you , but if you can fit your own wardrobes , including chests of drawers , dressing tables and cupboards , simply and cheaply . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
| 4 | But if you can produce them and like to do it , and if they fit the particular sort of book you are writing , well and good . |
| 5 | But if you can see it written down , you got that for an essay , it 's so much better . ’ |
| 6 | But if you can use them they will certainly overcome many of the built-in delays involved in getting your bills paid on time . |
| 7 | Obviously you need to take your horse 's temperament and your surroundings into account , but if you can get him working alone as soon as possible you are less likely to have to cope with him napping later on because he ca n't bear to leave his friends . |
| 8 | Oh that 's what I said , I said it is but if you can get him to say you know , Sting 's deserted me you know he , he lets me live on a , you know , my twenty three quid a week pension . |
| 9 | But if you can get them with just a , an orange or a lemon sorbet . |
| 10 | But if you can get somebody to come along and say that then er erm y your case gets a lot stronger . |
| 11 | Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it |
| 12 | " But before you can say it is environmentally neutral , you need to know the safety case behind the deep underground repository . " |
| 13 | ‘ I am afraid that these two officers do not speak English , but as you can see they are very interested in you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know who you 've got in your morgue back in London , but as you can see they 're not the three men you thought they were . ’ |
| 15 | But as you can see I 'm far too big and heavy for that , ’ he replied . |
| 16 | ‘ I was , but as you can see I returned a little early . ’ |