Example sentences of "but [subord] [pers pn] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
| 2 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm setting a deadline to open the course in spring 1994 , but if we can have it open in the late summer of 93 that would be ideal , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Yeah but if we can get him onto the computer system he 'll do two days a week if he can do it |
| 5 | I do not think that it is wisdom that is required but if I can do anything , I will . |
| 6 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 7 | I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon . |
| 8 | I do it if I really have to , but if I can avoid it I chicken out , and I had too much lately . ’ |
| 9 | But if I can get it to Andernesse somehow , she thought , then surely it 'll be safe and everything will stop … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Ribalta is hard to hit , but if I can catch him I will knock him out . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But if I can keep my sense of humour , I hope that we will be all right . ’ |
| 12 | But if I can find it |
| 13 | But if I can put my thinking erm on the floor first , it seems to me that vacant Normal vacancies as Mr has described them , are a function of people moving from one house to another . |
| 14 | But if he can manage it , may I please take him over to the island to look at the birds there ? |
| 15 | But if he can see himself so clearly , she thought , he ca n't be crazy . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But if you can see it written down , you got that for an essay , it 's so much better . ’ |
| 21 | But if you can use them they will certainly overcome many of the built-in delays involved in getting your bills paid on time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But if you can get them with just a , an orange or a lemon sorbet . |
| 25 | But if you can get somebody to come along and say that then er erm y your case gets a lot stronger . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | Well sir , they 're , we support dipping because it 's already been stated to note that we make most of the money for Shropshire from farming , and sheep is one of the big things which we sell all over the country , but unless we can guarantee our sheep are clear of er , disease people are n't going to come here and buy meat and stuff are they ? |
| 28 | They fall in love , but before they can consummate it Elena has a vision of the Virgin Mary , which throws the local authorities into a tailspin . |
| 29 | The persuasiveness of this judgment is widely attested ; but before we can gauge its force , we must consider the grounds for standing by this form of individualism . |
| 30 | At the moment the sail is only attached down its needed edge but before we can use it , we 've got to control it properly and that means to tuck it in the boot the jaws clip on here , the down-haul clips on to the sail and is threaded through the jaws before we make it up on the cleat the position of the boom and hence the sail relative to the wind is controlled by this rope , the mainsheet . |