Example sentences of "but you can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might have a sausage roll the sandwiches are alright , but you can eat them twice as many ca n't you ? |
| 2 | But you can eat it . |
| 3 | that 's why some come of course to seek their fortune … they may go home with empty pockets but you can bet they 'll be back for another night at the gryehounds … for another night of fun |
| 4 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 5 | But you can bet he knows retsina , the national wine with what even locals call an acquired taste ; ouzo , the aperitif that could blow off your sunburn if you do n't watch your step ; the taramasalata fish roe dip ; vine leaves stuffed with mincemeat , rice and herbs ; and keftedes meatballs . |
| 6 | Both have got many years of winning left , but you can bet it wo n't take it out of Sandy the way it does out of Seve . |
| 7 | ‘ She also did a drawing of the judge but you can bet she absorbed every word spoken . ’ |
| 8 | Of course the pace of the game will be different , the level of skills much lower , but you can bet your granny 's pension that if the second team game need a thumping tackle to be made , then Peter Winterbottom would make it . |
| 9 | Not directly but you can make one in that how that once everybody gets , once you have the resources to raise everybody up to a certain sort of acceptable standard of living , then you can redistribute those resources and you are , you are , y you 'll be able to eliminate poverty |
| 10 | Israeli children eat these pancakes during Hanukkah in December but you can make them at any time of the year . |
| 11 | But you can make it different , George , if you 'll only cooperate with this television thing . |
| 12 | The well-known magician Robert Harbin comments ‘ This is great fun as a party trick but you can make it even more fun with a little more showmanship . |
| 13 | Sugar paste icing is available ready-made from large supermarkets and cake decorating shops , but you can make it at home . |
| 14 | These are padded mini-mattresses covered with smooth plastic , but you can make your own from rubberised carpet underlay . |
| 15 | And it does that because a wind has sprung up , you ca n't see it but you can observe its effect . |
| 16 | But you can manage it , ca n't you , Celia ? ’ |
| 17 | Secondly , Read Only files are readable but that 's all ; you ca n't change or delete them , but you can copy them . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't let you xerox Blanche 's diary — the spine wo n't stand it — but you can copy it out . |
| 19 | Arabs , he added , ‘ react against you if you try to drive them … but you can lead them without force anywhere , if nominally arm in arm ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Me old man 's got one from the market to burn but you can 'ave it , ’ said Rosa , who had already started with her sixth child . |
| 21 | The backspace time varies slightly from machine to machine , but you can measure it exactly by test-copying a shot and comparing its length with that of the original — the difference between the two is the backspace . |
| 22 | I thought that was veer but does n't really make sense does it but you can fit it in there 's now , what do you say ? |
| 23 | Deficiencies are there but you can counteract them to your personal advantage . |
| 24 | N : The best things in life are free but you can give them to the birds and bees |
| 25 | Most of them do n't show it but you can set it to show it . |
| 26 | Yeah but you can lend it to Laurie on the nights you 're not using it . |
| 27 | You ca n't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day . |
| 28 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 29 | ‘ No , actually I did n't mean that but you can answer it anyway . ’ |
| 30 | No but you can pull them out ca n't you . |