Example sentences of "but you [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 2 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |
| 3 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 4 | ‘ But you made it sound like more than two ordeals . ’ |
| 5 | strict , straight to the point , the work went on the blackboard , you were given so long to do it , close your book and if you did n't do it you never saw the teacher , but you felt his cane on your knuckles and he knew you were n't doing your work , so you did it . |
| 6 | At least — at least — I do n't know what it is about you , Miss Abbott , but you make me want to bare my soul to you — I did have a wife once , years ago , when I was very young , but she left me , not I her , to live with someone else . |
| 7 | Meg protested : ‘ But you make it sound so easy . |
| 8 | ‘ No , but you make it sound as if it 's a bit tasteless . ’ |
| 9 | and things , job families er , we 've got that already and we 've got , there 's gon na be the computer thing on careers but you see we 've only managed this year to get it brought down from year eleven , somebody who went into this , keeping it very close to myself , to bring it down to year ten they 're actually you know , it 's very , very difficult to let them remove it and I ca n't see that you can then make that down to ninth year just yet . |
| 10 | But you see we 've had U er P V C before . |
| 11 | But you see we do n't really need a chainsaw do we ? |
| 12 | Lights and everything like that is is is lovely to see but you see they 've got lights here in Leicester which other cities and places have n't got . |
| 13 | But you see they 've had computers in hospitals now for years |
| 14 | And you just But as we were saying er talking to Janet afterwards there was another little one down at the side , erm mum was getting a bit irate with him , but you see they do n't take anything for the children to do . |
| 15 | but you see they do , |
| 16 | Wilson could not stop herself saying , ‘ But you see him grow . |
| 17 | But you see somebody like P C , being an older person he does it properly I suppose , is what |
| 18 | But you see something like that might just appeal to somebody , an embroidered picture . |
| 19 | But you see he do n't feel the cold ! |
| 20 | But you see he do n't like being caged i she said if you sit |
| 21 | But you see you 've got to know what you 're doing , you 've got to really look after yourself . |
| 22 | that one , but you see you 've introduced a policy of updating once a year |
| 23 | Yeah , but you see you 've got the , you 've got all the , the other things ins , down , down it , underneath , and I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting down , I mean you could sa , cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 24 | Oh I have a wee store , yes , but you see you do n't carry them , I do n't carry them with me , if I carried them with me I could sing I could , well that 's it , |
| 25 | But you see you do n't know who they are do you that 's saying all this ? |
| 26 | But you see you have an over you have the loan . |
| 27 | Well , sometimes , but you see you know , people are n't willing to give anymore . |
| 28 | But you see you take it for granted . |
| 29 | But you see you worry about Lindsey at home . |
| 30 | Well I suppose what 's but you see I do n't know whether she 's doing it that must be her that done it in that corner , cos he ai n't been in here ! |