Example sentences of "but [pers pn] can [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know I ca n't , but I can make inspired guesses . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , but I can light other people 's now . |
| 3 | At school and even now , I can not add or subtract or divide easily , but I can write clear figures — this is drawing ; and I can arrange my figures neatly in line , and one sum next to the other , i.e. design . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it is that fast but you can reach horrific speeds . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We had a bit of a struggle to get them for the wedding , but you can pull various strings to hold things back . ’ |
| 6 | But you can achieve specific aims , and making people think about going to church instead of B & Q is a measurable objective . ’ |
| 7 | Grout is usually white , but you can buy coloured grout if you want to make a feature of the grout lines ( an effect that looks best with plain or fairly neutral patterned tiles ) . |
| 8 | it 's not worth , supposed to be a freezer , it 's mainly for storing frozen food , but you can freeze small amounts in it . |
| 9 | The chances are of course that you will not have time go into so much detail , but you can use different headlines to highlight specific aspects of the story , and if you are aware of the requirements of each type of magazine you will at least be able to include back-up material which is relevant to their subject and readership and to follow up with ideas for more in-depth coverage . |
| 10 | These cards have been protected with a heat-sealing machine , but you can produce excellent results with a cold-seal film . |
| 11 | No , they do , but you can get good ones now ca n't you ? |
| 12 | The rules for this are complicated , but you can claim various reliefs , so you may have to pay a little or nothing , particularly if you sell within three years . |
| 13 | Of course , these are not necessarily easier to interpret — techniques such as conditional sampling ( Section 19.6 ) may again be invoked — but they can illuminate different aspects . |
| 14 | The conditions may sound wonderful , but they can have dire consequences . |
| 15 | Unless there is a specific provision about this in the expert clause ( see 8.15.10 ) , the expert will have less authority to impose disclosure on an unwilling party : but he can draw adverse inferences from the failure to disclose . |
| 16 | The apparatus in both UA1 and UA2 can not specifically identify electrons , but it can eliminate other possibilities . |
| 17 | Yeah but lary lary actually means loud like , but it can mean loud clothes or loud mouth . |
| 18 | Bad breath , or halitosis , is one of those ailments that often provokes ribald comments but it can cause intense embarrassment to the sufferer . |