Example sentences of "but you can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you can eat it . |
| 2 | I 'll have your , tha yo jacket potato 's clean so I 'll have those as well , , but you can eat a bit more . |
| 3 | I might have a sausage roll the sandwiches are alright , but you can eat them twice as many ca n't you ? |
| 4 | Both have got many years of winning left , but you can bet it wo n't take it out of Sandy the way it does out of Seve . |
| 5 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 6 | But you can bet a pound to a penny that some of the biggest showbusiness names are among their customers . |
| 7 | ‘ She also did a drawing of the judge but you can bet she absorbed every word spoken . ’ |
| 8 | But you can bet he knows retsina , the national wine with what even locals call an acquired taste ; ouzo , the aperitif that could blow off your sunburn if you do n't watch your step ; the taramasalata fish roe dip ; vine leaves stuffed with mincemeat , rice and herbs ; and keftedes meatballs . |
| 9 | Of course the pace of the game will be different , the level of skills much lower , but you can bet your granny 's pension that if the second team game need a thumping tackle to be made , then Peter Winterbottom would make it . |
| 10 | that 's why some come of course to seek their fortune … they may go home with empty pockets but you can bet they 'll be back for another night at the gryehounds … for another night of fun |
| 11 | This is not the sort of news which would make the front pages of newspapers , but you can assume that on the day everyone will be interested in the bride and groom and their respective families . |
| 12 | The telephone is n't connected yet but you can drop a note in . |
| 13 | You ca n't force him to act responsibly but you can make sure he does n't treat you like a doormat . |
| 14 | You ca n't hear the sound or nothing , but you can make that up . |
| 15 | Now the proud owner of the Chelsea House hotel overlooking the seafront in Falmouth , she says : ‘ There 's a lot of competition , but you can make a living here if you 're prepared to work hard . |
| 16 | But you can make it different , George , if you 'll only cooperate with this television thing . |
| 17 | The well-known magician Robert Harbin comments ‘ This is great fun as a party trick but you can make it even more fun with a little more showmanship . |
| 18 | These are padded mini-mattresses covered with smooth plastic , but you can make your own from rubberised carpet underlay . |
| 19 | Sugar paste icing is available ready-made from large supermarkets and cake decorating shops , but you can make it at home . |
| 20 | The case does n't tell you how many weeks per year each restaurant is open , either , but you can make a reasonable guess about that , too . |
| 21 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |
| 22 | You 'll still have to watch them like hawks — but you can make life easier by taking these room-by-room steps . |
| 23 | Grouse " potted whole , stowed singly into pots with clarified butter poured over " as described by Professor Saintsbury ( the old boy did n't miss much ) are infinitely enticing , exceedingly extravagant with butter and not very practical for these days , but you can make one young cooked grouse or partridge go a very long way by the simple method of chopping the flesh , freed from all skin and sinew with about one quarter of its weight in mild , rather fat , cooked ham . |
| 24 | Israeli children eat these pancakes during Hanukkah in December but you can make them at any time of the year . |
| 25 | The estate agent might tell you what the seller will accept , but you can make a lower offer . |
| 26 | You ca n't stop a lot of the environmental damage being done but you can make efforts to reduce it by acting ‘ green ’ . |
| 27 | You ca n't build guitars with machines , but you can make very precise guitar parts . |
| 28 | But you can make the bed . ’ |
| 29 | But you can make the rest of the voyage by yourself . |
| 30 | I ca n't think why you want to swap the ’ and S keys but you can make any key produce any symbol you like and so swapping over is just a special case . |