Example sentences of "but [prep] [adv] you " in BNC.
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1 | It 'll be interesting to see how a major label tries to curtail their waywardness , but for now you 're wide awake in a dream thinking of a more menacing early ACR , what with horns like scythes , found voices babbling , shouted , hoarse semi-raps and two funky drummers . |
2 | But for now you stay here , examine the indenture , reflect on what you have said . |
3 | You may be my elder brother , but for once you 're going to do as you 're told ! ’ |
4 | But from there you will have to make you own arrangements via the local Cape Verde Airline offices . |
5 | But round here you could just walk er to the shop and get mugged or you know your girlfriend could get raped , kids can get assaulted , anything . |
6 | See at I can just let her go and play out on the park , or at anything , you know with the other kids , but round here you ca n't . |
7 | And we we go in car shopping and we always get our s shopping from , you know with it being cheap , and we go in her brother 's car , and so we do n't have to carry it back all the way from , but round here you see you 'd have to go out , you 'd have to take the kid with you , and your girlfriend , and then you 've got to come back with all the shopping and your kids as well . |
8 | See at I 'll wake up about eight or nine o'clock , but round here you wake up at six . |
9 | But round here you could go to sleep , wake up in the morning and half the flat 's have been burnt down and shops have been looted and you do n't know where you are . |
10 | You can be one of the best players in Britain but over here you are just a small fish . ’ |
11 | Oh you ca n't have two weeks at once you know but over there you got ta get rid of your holidays before December , you got ta get rid of them otherwise you lose them . |
12 | You may be homeless but at least you 're not a dumb blonde like I am . ’ |
13 | You 'll have Oz , of course , but at least you 'll be able to choose where you go . |
14 | Aching head you may have , but at least you have a head to have aches in . |
15 | You might see brightly coloured clothes or long hair but at least you do n't see the same shoes , the same jeans or the same jackets by the same designer . |
16 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
17 | ‘ But at least you had the sense to realise Charsky 's performance on the Neva embankment was a dream , and that he was the man in bed with Anna . |
18 | Nearly always some compromise can be reached with the vendor , depending on whether it is a buyer 's or a seller 's market , but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you 've been through everything with a fine tooth comb , that you 've done the best you possibly can and know what you are letting yourself in for ! |
19 | Of course you will wake up in the morning with a nervous disorder and a slightly lower IQ , but at least you wo n't have any itchy red lumps . |
20 | Of course the reverse may be true in some cases — but at least you are now aware of which areas of yourself you might wish to change in order for your Outer Face to conform with your Inner one . |
21 | Some will be lovely and you will wish to savour them ; others may be pretty dreadful — but at least you will know what to avoid . |
22 | The twentieth century may seem threatening at times for someone with these problems , but at least you are not likely to be struck down in your prime by cholera , smallpox or bubonic plague , and there is little risk of being eaten by lions . |
23 | ‘ If you come out and tell a person to his face that he 's not selected and why , ’ I said , ‘ well , it might hurt but at least you know . ’ |
24 | But at least you 've had the enjoyment of the wind . |
25 | It was bad enough being frustrated on the bench while Dewi took over as first choice but at least you are involved every day . |
26 | But at least you will be on your own . |
27 | The solos still grate , but at least you can get the beers in at this point without fear of missing anything serious — although Hammett has included an axe-trashing coda to his widdly-widdly section ; that 's what you get for hanging out with Nirvana . |
28 | You , D , obviously are n't sure you like her very much , but at least you 'll admit that she is trying to raise awareness about important issues , like Mr Dylan , when he was alive . |
29 | But at least you 're sitting up straight . |
30 | But at least you know she did leave . |