Example sentences of "but if you can " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you ca n't wait that long , Yolkfolk is n't bad — you certainly wo n't end up with egg on your face if you shell out for it ! |
| 2 | One solution is never to leave your home unoccupied again , but if you ca n't face life without holidays you could pay someone to be there when you are n't . |
| 3 | You may be fit and fast but if you ca n't scrummage or drive a lineout , they you 're no good to anyone . |
| 4 | Green water can actually be beneficial to your pond fish and a few weeks in a thick green soup can improve your fish 's vitality and colour — but if you ca n't see the fish , there 's not a lot of point in keeping them . |
| 5 | I wonder if you could come to Stoke-on-Trent to open the fete to raise funds for the local Gilbert and Sullivan society , but if you ca n't could you find someone who could . ’ |
| 6 | You 're probably quite prepared to stomach the fact that I 've slept with girls before you , you 'd think it odd if I had n't , but if you ca n't see that a baby makes a difference to how much other affairs matter , I ca n't explain it to you . " |
| 7 | Erm but if you ca n't sleep you could put a little bit on a hankie on your pillow or rub a little bit on your chest , and it 'll help to erm make you sleep . |
| 8 | Cos it 's not a Polo , it 's a Jetta , it 's the one with the boot but if you ca n't remember what it is you can either , did you know the difference between a car with a boot and a car with a hatchback ? |
| 9 | Well if you if you could n't read it yeah you can get someone to help you but if you ca n't u usually see you know quite a lot of words . |
| 10 | But if you ca n't do it in your head what you going to do ? |
| 11 | I hope that you will have dinner with me , but if you ca n't make it , then telephone me at my London address before Thursday lunchtime , after which date I will be on my way up north and my movements are unpredictable . |
| 12 | Quite a comprehensive list , but if you ca n't see what you want , contact us ; FLEXIBILITY is our key word . |
| 13 | ‘ The plan is utterly bloody impossible , but if you ca n't see that , you 're probably better off . ’ |
| 14 | You can do all this beautifully , but if you ca n't be heard it 's a waste of time . |
| 15 | Although it does have lower , lower power than his first test , right , but if you ca n't calculate his first test then it 's the best thing to use . |
| 16 | Yeah the T V could do with a few big ones , alright okay body stopper , they want you to have a T V on and be tempted , depends on what , how it went , to ask them to turn it off but if you ca n't that would upon them then you 'll have to work with it because what you do n't want to be seeing is okay they are there , you 're here and they 're concentrating on this . |
| 17 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 18 | ‘ We enjoyed long periods of possession , but if you ca n't put the ball in the net that does n't count , ’ he added . |
| 19 | complicated when you start it out , but if you ca n't remember for the life of you then , it 's quite |
| 20 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 21 | You 've won , but if you ca n't you 've got to put one at the bottom |
| 22 | But if you ca n't cope with it . |
| 23 | But if I can move on just for a second , erm when you get over and above that , we have problems where people that are purchasing those sort of vehicles can not afford , with the best will in the world , to take them in to the main agents and have a full service , although they should do , but if you ca n't afford to do that and these are the problems that we had , so we actually changed that . |
| 24 | But if you can start again it means you have not even begun . |
| 25 | Fluorescent lights and track lighting can be screwed to the ceiling using hollow wall plugs , but if you can arrange for at least two screws to go into a joist , the fitting will be more secure . |
| 26 | But if you can show a pattern of attacks , then you have a much stronger case . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry to trouble you now , but if you can bear it it would help us to get some more information from you all . |
| 28 | Obviously you need to take your horse 's temperament and your surroundings into account , but if you can get him working alone as soon as possible you are less likely to have to cope with him napping later on because he ca n't bear to leave his friends . |
| 29 | But if you can arrange for experienced selectors to be present then this may lead to a more objective assessment of the candidates than if you act alone . |
| 30 | But if you can offer talents that are in short supply , you may be better able to extract concessions than you suppose . |