Example sentences of "but you [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you parted the net curtains and peered sideways and upwards you could see one tiny piece of bright blue sky , but you might pull a muscle doing it . |
| 2 | Erm , that 's all very well , er , saying it now , but you might have a lot of deadwood on your spreadsheets , er , ho how can you get rid of it ? |
| 3 | er from the work so that you wo n't find the book in there but you 'll find a photocopy of that . |
| 4 | But you 'll get a phone call . ’ |
| 5 | At that time of year the weather should be quite warm and dry , but you 'll need a jersey , windproofs , and a pair of long trousers , plus a summer-season sleeping bag or similar . |
| 6 | Adult dogs do take longer to settle in a new environment than puppies in any case , but you may find a dog whose history is well known . |
| 7 | If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later . |
| 8 | Erm so I all we 're trying to do now at the moment though is , is to , to operate from the point of view of saying look , if you actually take all these things into account , we should n't be worse than we were ultimately , once these systems have bedded in , we 're doing more checking on letters for example th than , than we w we wo n't have to once we 've checked through the first two months of auto-offs , and we 're getting used to the new reports and so on and that sort of stuff , so we expect there to be a blip , but you would expect a learning curve in anyway . |
| 9 | but you would get a lot of current flowing . |
| 10 | That 's been sort of revolutionized , when you when you think that you used to have to buy , did n't have to buy your tea , but you used to buy a tea from the chemist shop and the only person that sold it was a chemist , that was . |
| 11 | But you must know a scheme . |
| 12 | It 's probably unrealistic to expect you to avoid the sun altogether on holiday , but you must use a sunscreen with a factor of at least 15 and not go any lower . |
| 13 | But , with yourselves , do make sure you cleanse properly I 'm not too worried about your toner , but you must use a moisturizer , just to make sure that your skin is nice and soft and supple . |
| 14 | Unfortunately we did n't have room to include the complete rules for war machines and chariots as they appear in the Warhammer rulebook , but you will find a summary for them at the end of the War Machines section . |
| 15 | Home-made compost is wonderful , but you will need a lot of space to make the necessary amount . |
| 16 | Maybe not baggage , but you will need a lot of cash . |
| 17 | But you 'd miss a lot of important points . |
| 18 | But you could toss a coin between them when it comes to judging the difference . ’ |
| 19 | But you could do a parent and toddlers could you ? |
| 20 | The other players carried on getting changed and opening lockers and stuff , but you could hear a pin drop . |
| 21 | the bank seems to pay the a cripplingly low salary demand that everybody dresses in in Saville Row , but you could buy a house on a something like two and half percent mortgage well it 's not like that now , but it 's still still get a preferential mortgage and this banking person man was looking around only three or four weeks ago , but you see a lot depends on your luck as to whether you pick up a a very good buyer . |
| 22 | I know , but you could have a , yes but you could have a jumper to go with the trousers , lilac 's nice |
| 23 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 24 | Obviously eventually if people keep on leaking blood their pressure will fall but you could have a situation where there 's not a single drop of blood yet lost to the system and yet the person 's in shock because the blood 's not being circulated properly off the heart , not a drop of blood lost to the system , but insufficient pressure , so shock can be caused by either of those two things , failure of the circulatory system because the pressure of the volume drops dangerously low , okay , you did a lot of work on what the person looks like , yes you as the casu you as the first aider will see this person in front of you , what will they be like ? |
| 25 | ‘ There is Mr Oliveira , of course , and Mr Teixeira , and maybe another one or two , but you could play a part , too . ’ |
| 26 | If your footwear is uncomfortable you will not only end up with sore feet or blisters but you could become a danger to yourself or , worse , still , to others who might have to come and rescue you . |
| 27 | I will attempt to accommodate shortlisted parties preferences as to the dates of their review but you should anticipate a requirement to work to a tight timescale . |
| 28 | But you should begin a history essay long before you are faced with actually writing it . |
| 29 | But you should use a quotation if the language of the original is itself important . |
| 30 | This is also a good place to practise strong wind starting , but you should have a colleague to support the sail if it falls . |