Example sentences of "but [pron] can [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | People try to beat that misery with barbiturates , but nothing can cure it because you 've taken away from yourself all chance of feeling pleasure . |
| 2 | It is rumoured to contain many answers but no-one can open it . ’ |
| 3 | It 's probably one that picks up conversations in the room as well as just on the phone but I can show it to the boys at — ’ |
| 4 | But I can do it for you . |
| 5 | I ca n't arrest them without proof , but I can make it damn hard for them to live here . ’ |
| 6 | I may be a few minutes late , but I can make it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Look , I know what you 're thinking , Rain , but I can organize it so it 's all right . |
| 8 | an outrageous statement but I can explain it . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , she may wish to speak to you as well , but I can explain it to her . |
| 10 | They do n't exactly say so , but I can feel it . |
| 11 | Our situation is not very happy but I can tolerate it . |
| 12 | Lesley probably does n't even realise , but I can watch it . |
| 13 | but I can put it in ca n't I ? |
| 14 | I know the fraud goes on , and it 's wrong , but I can understand it in some cases . |
| 15 | But I can understand it , ca n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't always ignore what they say but I can say it 's a lot of crap . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But I can say it 's a lot of crap ! ’ |
| 18 | Yeah , but I can say it now . |
| 19 | Yeah , it stands out reasonably well in this one , but I can imagine it standing out even more under other conditions . |
| 20 | I can write in the dark I ca n't read it but I can write it . |
| 21 | It has already become fashionable to knock Kylie Minogue but I can take it , ’ she added . |
| 22 | Yeah but I can work it out ca n't I ? |
| 23 | ‘ But I can see it . |
| 24 | He could have had anything that money could buy to cure him , but I can see it 's too late now . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 'll ever happen , but I can see it so clearly . |
| 26 | Ca n't actually see it move but I can see it if I look |
| 27 | " But I can see it 's different in here , " he said , as though this , too , was a mark of the superiority of Skipper . |
| 28 | My own health is suffering and my daughter tells me to stop but I can see it causing a family row . |
| 29 | ‘ Not as good as a fingerprint , ’ said Coffin , ‘ but I can see it would help . |
| 30 | I mean , you probably would n't see it but I can see it , she 's losing it . |