Example sentences of "but can [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps we can take it apart , but can we put the thing back together again ? |
| 2 | Each of us knows the nature of his or her own sensory states ; but can we know the nature of the sensory states of others , or even that there are any other minds to have the sensory states which are not ours ? |
| 3 | I appreciate your concerns but can we take the recommendation on the fourth and fifth pages of the report . |
| 4 | But can we turn the Reeve 's Tale into a closed and exemplary moral piece showing how pride causes its own fall , and thus how one man 's pride is corrected by conflict with another man 's ? |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's foggy , but can yer see a ‘ For Sale ’ notice on the gaff ? |
| 6 | I KNOW it is an old problem but can I make a plea for the Skerne to be cleaned up . |
| 7 | But can I take the questions back to Jimmy please and continue . |
| 8 | I HAVE several times told the story of the lady who came up to me at the end of one of my lectures on the relationship between science and music and said , ‘ It 's all very well doing all these scientific tests on musical instruments but can you explain the tingle in the spine that some music produces ? ’ |
| 9 | Are n't they cute , but can you identify the famous people they grew up to be ? |
| 10 | Loads of blokes like the Manics and Bobby Gillespie go on about her being a great pop star , but can you remember the words ? |
| 11 | it did both did n't it , it went sinked to the bottom and it floated , but can you write the shell in both ? |
| 12 | But can you see the people who came to the stepping stones and could n't go across and had to go back the way they 'd already come would n't go back with a very their ego would n't have b been boosted very high . |
| 13 | Er they 're the real to work with , er but can you see the choice ? |
| 14 | That 's a Fair Isle again , but can you see the Icelandic coast which they 're very famous for . |
| 15 | Okay but can you see the |
| 16 | Jeff Jaye with ‘ I know it 's difficult to get the wood , Mr Noah , but can you imagine the cost of a rotomoulded Ark ? ’ and Simon Dawson with ‘ Shaun Baker comes out of retirement to offer advice on the last great waterfall . ’ |
| 17 | But can you trust the results of these opinion polls ? |
| 18 | You can recreate an electric guitar accurately enough , down to fractions of a millimetre if you want to , but can you recreate the thirty years of wear and tear that 's the main attraction of a knackered old Strat ? |
| 19 | Some people were worried : ‘ It 's great , but can you keep the standard up ? ’ |
| 20 | But can he beat the Americans in Barcelona ? |
| 21 | But can he make a living from being a lookalike ? |
| 22 | There are shipping costs and so on , I know , but can anyone justify an increase of 500% ? |
| 23 | ‘ But can anyone use the train telephone ? ’ |