Example sentences of "but you see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you saw him , Father . |
| 2 | But you saw what he did , did n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | But you saw her , you must 've known she was sick . |
| 4 | ‘ But you saw something ? ’ |
| 5 | " But you saw the strain on his features ? " |
| 6 | ‘ But you saw her face ? ’ |
| 7 | But you saw the danger when the figure was one-tenth of that . |
| 8 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 9 | ‘ But you saw someone in there ? ’ |
| 10 | But you saw that one were n't you ? |
| 11 | As you would imagine , if you saw your youngster tottering towards Beachy Head and was about to fall off , and if there was a notice there that said you must n't cross over this fence as you are guilty of trespassing , but you saw your child falling , what would you do — stay this side of the line because it was the law ? |
| 12 | Aye , you did , but you see , there 's this girl in my house and she wo n't leave and I 'm asking you if you 'll come down and shift her . |
| 13 | ‘ But you see me every day , ’ Erika snapped . |
| 14 | I shall be a failure , I shall have to take Holy Orders , but you see , I 'm in such an agony of doubt , I ca n't decide . ’ |
| 15 | Whimsy and sentimental , but you see I 'm … well , sentimental plus if you understand what I mean … |
| 16 | But you see , if I 'd been properly organised , none of these disasters would have happened . |
| 17 | Wilson could not stop herself saying , ‘ But you see him grow . |
| 18 | But you see , it was never really worth the saving in the first place . |
| 19 | ‘ Ah , but you see , you 're making the same mistake again ! ’ |
| 20 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 21 | This she protested against very strongly , on the ground that she had known many missed and some murdered who essayed to travel round that way in the night ; not that she thought such dark deeds as robbery would be perpetrated by any of the islanders , ‘ But you see , sir , the island is very near the sea , and all sorts of men are sailing round about , an ’ when they 've spent all their own earnings on drink , it 's hard to know what they 'll no' do to try and get more . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You are right , of course , but you see … |
| 23 | But you see my parents work in the theatre and I 'm so used to moving from town to town that I ca n't afford to waste time . |
| 24 | But you see , he said , ‘ the sword is in my loins ’ . |
| 25 | George , our guide for the day , was unwilling to be drawn : ‘ It 's a good climb , but you see from the rings — it 's dangerous . |
| 26 | But you see , for all the boasting , he did n't have ego problems . |
| 27 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 28 | Yes , but you see that was all right because it was going to the Louis Pasteur Institute for Aids , it 's the only piece of important jewellery I 've ever bought myself . |
| 29 | We are waiting and trying not to lose faith , but you see we 're suffocating … oh my shiftless body . |
| 30 | But you see , the trouble with polio is that once the muscles are dead the nerves which serve them are useless . ’ |