Example sentences of "[noun] but you [vb mod] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the day , if , having done all this , you are convinced that one of them is dishonestly taking stock but you can not find out which one , you can dismiss both . |
| 2 | He was saying sorry on Tuesday but you could n't fault him here , ’ said Lions boss Mick McCarthy . |
| 3 | The dry suit is great for winter sailing because you can wear lots of warm layers underneath and the suit keeps them completely dry by means of watertight seals at the wrists and the neck but you must n't forget about the extremities either . |
| 4 | ‘ I know you are worried about your work but you ca n't go limping around Palma like that . |
| 5 | You 'll have a brilliant time , it 's such a laugh but you ca n't drink , that 's the only thing , you ca n't drink inside , they do n't sell alcohol unless you 've got I D and there 's about four people there that are actually eighteen anyway . |
| 6 | You know it 's all a load of balls but you ca n't work out who 's doing what to whom . |
| 7 | And you try and find a place but you ca n't find one but you said you 're moving out so you 've got to go along with it . |
| 8 | and i it was n't in all areas that the came back , I mean in some areas there was enough security but you would n't know which area was going to be secure . |
| 9 | Deposits can be made by regular savings or by lump sum deposits subject to a maximum of £9,000 over the five year period but you may not deposit more than £3,000 in the first year or £1,800 in any succeeding year . |
| 10 | ‘ O'course t is none o ’ my business but you wo n't find Maurice if it 's him you want to see ; he went off in his li'l truck when we was sitting down to our dinners . |
| 11 | Suppose you are on drugs and you know what they are doing to your body but you ca n't break the habit . |
| 12 | You can fake a pout but you ca n't fake a blush , and Schiffer 's colour heightens markedly as soon as sex is mentioned . |
| 13 | You 'd be glad to get in there for half an hour but you would n't risk more than half an hour . |
| 14 | As Mr Howe said : ‘ People say you make your own luck but you can not legislate for something like that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You can win money but you can not eat , ’ said a member of the Ukrainian-Russian squad who have been in England for the past fortnight . |
| 16 | and you 're calling it for ages but you ca n't go near it cos it will run away and it goes like this to you , it goes |
| 17 | You can live without meat but you would n't do very well without vegetables . |
| 18 | ‘ Arsenal , Manchester United and Villa have got to be favourites but you can not disregard the likes of Norwich , Blackburn or even Ipswich . |
| 19 | You might cope for a while with one eye closed or one hand behind your back but you would n't keep it up for long — nor would you perform at maximum ability . |
| 20 | ‘ You have n't been aboard since before commissioning but you wo n't have forgotten . |
| 21 | Cos I thought it 'd be like you know for , you know like political things but you ca n't have |
| 22 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |
| 23 | If you press this one , if you press record it wo n't because there 's a tape in but if you just press press record automatic and you press record and the play button but you ca n't press just the record button . |
| 24 | Kersey said : ‘ I 've been checking ; there 's nothing in his diary to say that M was a woman but you ca n't get M out of Kevin Brand . ’ |
| 25 | So if you hit the garage you 're going very very slowly and you might just give yourself a jolt but you would n't hurt yourself quite so much . |
| 26 | So you 've got the you 've got the three things the the the financial speaker is really coming here in a commercial way but with no hard sell in the hope that you will become er one of their clients for individual investment advice but you need n't do so . |
| 27 | they 're gon na put a list up of non payers but you ca n't put a lit up of people like him because he 's not registered . |
| 28 | Well , there are potatoes and wheat and rice but you ca n't talk to vegetables . |
| 29 | It takes a complete turn to replace the shell and prepare to fire , so you not only fail to shoot this turn but you can not shoot next turn either . |
| 30 | Your voice and your use of language are parts of your personality but you must not think of them as something fixed — ‘ something you are born with ’ . |