Example sentences of "[noun] but you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , he , he was er more or less well off , still in , in Terrace but you know he was , they seemed to be well off and probably were . |
| 2 | As you come up down the road on the left ha , on the left hand side but you got ta go down there |
| 3 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |
| 4 | ‘ If I kept scoring at my present rate I would end up with 40 goals but you know you 're going to have a lean spell at some time . |
| 5 | Well that 's a fourteen inch grate , fire a fourteen inch grate but you 've got the gap all round it like so I thought eighteen inch . |
| 6 | I do n't know we had a very hard life when we were kids but you know w er got on ourselves later on we we had a fairly easy life but erm you do n't forget those old times though do you not really . |
| 7 | Oh no , it is nice to have a nice car but you have to make do do n't you ? |
| 8 | … [ Take ] temperature — you 've got a thermometer in the car but you begin to feel what is about thirty degrees C. You sense that that 's about thirty . |
| 9 | Er er , but er well it 's not a perfect analogy but you see the point I 'm making . |
| 10 | You did n't grow big cars but you 've grown much bigger flowers than we did . ’ |
| 11 | we will provide you with a new schedule for your guidance but you do not have to complete it unless you want to . |
| 12 | If you normally work 4 days a week and lose 1 day , you meet the requirements of the 3 out of 6 rule but you do not meet the requirements of ‘ substantial loss of employment ’ . |
| 13 | Try to find the words but you had a good , good case there . |
| 14 | no I feel about a I I 'll I 've said to Ann , no I feel alright Ann but you know just I du n no I 'm not quite myself am I ? |
| 15 | fighting but you know last week , no it was n't , who was it ? |
| 16 | You have n't got a fashionable figure but you carry yourself well . |
| 17 | So the application is concerned with maintaining the accounting data and maintaining the integrity of that data but you have absolute flexibility in the tools that you use to access it and manipulate it and present it in your organization . |
| 18 | ‘ The rumours flew about Craig Short of Notts County joining us for over 2m but you have to live with that kind of rumour these days at Rovers . |
| 19 | you are very welcome to stay for lunch but you say you ca n't . |
| 20 | They 're trying to blame it on the parents but you do n't get a set of |
| 21 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 22 | Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like . |
| 23 | They 've all been joining in singing a Christmas carol but you have given me an idea for your present but you 'll have to hurry though - it 's Christmas Eve . |
| 24 | I do n't need yachts and mansions but you do have to live . ’ |
| 25 | The park has caravan and camping sites available for visitors but you need to book as it is a Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 26 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 27 | ‘ Look here , Jenna , he may be your stepbrother but you do n't know him from Adam . |
| 28 | You may win the battle but you 've lost the war . |
| 29 | and , and , er of course that the commission looked at this as er , er , as a question to be looked at in the context of the market and of all facts , but they said you , if you want restrictions you can be sure that we wo n't give you any exemption for them , so you 'd better remove every single solitary objection , objec er restriction that we identify , that 's why at the end of the day they got er , it was a very , very strict approach by the commission , you can have nothing which is acceptable , you can get negative clearance but you 've got to be cleaner than clean , whiter than white , so remove every possible restriction . |
| 30 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |