Example sentences of "but [pers pn] can [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I can talk better face to face . |
| 2 | But I can offer three pieces of rather different evidence which seem to me to be highly convincing . |
| 3 | That will make my future investigations a little more difficult , but I can handle that . |
| 4 | Cos I got that other meat , the red meat to do for a supper but I can do that for tomorrow |
| 5 | But I can do many things that you do not understand . |
| 6 | I ca n't give you a figure now , on how many American firms there are in the county , erm , but I can do some work on it and come back to you . |
| 7 | But I can do this by myself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I know I ca n't , but I can make inspired guesses . ’ |
| 9 | But I can make seventy strings sound pianissimo . |
| 10 | ‘ No , but I can light other people 's now . |
| 11 | But I can stand this better than that one |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , adding proudly , ‘ but I can cash some more tomorrow . ’ |
| 13 | The Americans are world champions and half a second faster than the British best — but I can redress that balance just by telling Christie he has only a dog 's chance . |
| 14 | ‘ But I can serve good and on grass that is really difficult to play against . ’ |
| 15 | But I can clear these out for ninety quid apiece I think I 'd move them just to get rid of them do n't you ? |
| 16 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 17 | But I can get five hundred from the bank . |
| 18 | I 've got ta get another one but I can get that from anyway , that 's |
| 19 | Not only do I love the way this guitar looks but I can get some great sounds out of it , too . |
| 20 | Yes , I have n't got welding rods and the stuff at this moment , but I can incorporate that . |
| 21 | But I can say this : gonorrhoea would appreciate his style . |
| 22 | ‘ But I can say this — the long-term interests of the club have to be served at all times . |
| 23 | I was able to come back on that and add up the figures perfectly competently , but I can imagine that other people might not have been able to , and |
| 24 | No , but I can imagine that ! |
| 25 | I do n't know how a first-century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth-century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But I can take some of these back to the office and have a look at them under the funny lights — ultra-violet , infra-red — to see if anything shows up . |
| 28 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 29 | ‘ I can ask no more then ; but I can add one more thing : My heartfelt thanks in that you 're free , if not actually from the house , then from its clutch of women . ’ |
| 30 | The morning is grey and windy , but I can see all the way up the valley . |