Example sentences of "but [subord] you [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you contribute to the world 's culture , if you have a good idea , compose a tune , invent a sparking plug , write a poem , it may live on , intact , long after your genes have dissolved in the common pool . |
| 2 | But if you get to the end of the selected period , there 's always one . |
| 3 | ‘ But if you go to the trouble of putting a screen round the tub , what else do you do ? ’ |
| 4 | But if you return to the table , Sir , this time I can follow you to the right room . ’ |
| 5 | But if you listen to the two discs reviewed here as examples , you will discover that , in their respective vocal ranges , these artists are without equal in 1992 . |
| 6 | But if you listen to the nice people in the village , you 'll get a much more objective , balanced and healthy view . |
| 7 | Erm yeah if you try and transcribe stuff , as I discovered doing my P HD you know , I did n't realise how much gibberish was talked and often things the meaning 's clear in the conversation but if you listen to the words or l w read the words later y'know you have n't a clue what they 're on about and yet you 're fairly sure |
| 8 | There is little to be gained from refusing to do so , but if you object to the warning for some reason , you should make that clear and pursue your rights under the appeals procedure . |
| 9 | But if you crossed to the wrong post there was a devil of an arguament because someone ended up with only half a strip |
| 10 | can we just erm clarify that Mr , of course it 's dealing with the previous years accounts , but until you get to the end of the previous year are you going to know whether you 've over or under est estimated on budget ? |
| 11 | Behind the HQ building , to the right of what Waters called the Paddock but before you got to the Wood , was a small black circle quite close to the boundary fence . |
| 12 | as though he could walk , but when you came to the door , here . |
| 13 | But when you got to the options , now |
| 14 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |
| 15 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 16 | But when you get to the end of your book and your detective explains why the poor chap had to be murdered with porcupine quills your readers are likely to start trying to imagine what happened when the murder took place . |