Example sentences of "[noun prp] but could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried calling you in Budapest on Friday and Saturday but could n't get a reply . |
| 2 | Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit . |
| 3 | She longed to ask him more about Paul Gray but could not quite frame the question she wanted to ask . |
| 4 | I explained we had searched for Horne but could not find him . ’ |
| 5 | What did emerge though was a personable and seemingly deeply caring young man , claiming not to understand why sportsmen could not go to South Africa but could go to India , which imported South African gold . |
| 6 | This is set to happen in October but could be put off until March . |
| 7 | Thai intelligence sources confirmed the existence of several small resistance groups in Laos but could not confirm the extent of Vang 's claims . |
| 8 | A MASSIVE shake-up of local government unveiled yesterday almost certainly sounds the death knell for ‘ unloved ’ county councils such as Cleveland but could mean the return of the Yorkshire Ridings . |
| 9 | ‘ See you tomorrow , ’ she called to Sally but could n't think of anything to say to the man , so she ran off after the others . |
| 10 | Escaped to a comforting , numbing succession of thanks and farewells , for the party was beginning to break up : ‘ Happy New Year , ’ echoed again and again , as Liz searched vaguely for Charles but could not find him , Happy New Year , see you soon , goodbye , say goodbye to Charles for me , goodbye . |
| 11 | The likelihood is that he saw the decisive disadvantages of Curzon but could not quite reconcile himself to the thought of the very junior Baldwin , who had so recently ‘ bounced ’ and damaged him over the debt settlement , being in 10 Downing Street . |
| 12 | On that night , McKenzie outscored a very capable performer in Jesse Benavides but could never reach those standards . |
| 13 | Ludens knew that Marcus had spent part of his childhood in London but could elicit no information about this interesting period , except that his parents had had a flat in Knightsbridge . |
| 14 | Dexter felt there was something strange about Beasley but could only place it when Lancaster 's friend raised his right hand to tug at his beard : the last two fingers were no more than withered stumps . |