Example sentences of "but [pers pn] could [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you know , I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget , but I could offer a fee of £100 if you could supply two or three good quality photographs with your article . |
| 2 | He seemed to be smoking a cigar ; a little red glow formed occasionally as he inhaled , but I could smell no smoke . |
| 3 | A female voice answered Bunny 's phone and told me he was out seeing a man about a second-hand tenor sax but I could leave a message after the beep . |
| 4 | I was n't present when Dr Allott examined Clare , of course , but I could sense the worry in my parents . |
| 5 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 6 | I was always her property , but I could make an evening , or an afternoon for that matter , swing for all the ladies . |
| 7 | ‘ But I could make the aeroplane . |
| 8 | I could tour it just like a normal album but I could use the art circuit as kind of a base audience . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 10 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 11 | Their rule is perfect and effective at the practical level , but I could see no way of passing its benefits on , of helping or involving others . |
| 12 | I admired Venables , his flamboyant style and attitude , but I could see the dangers in the temptations of life in London and I regretfully turned down the move . |
| 13 | Her breasts were covered now , but I could see the shape of the aureoles through the wet fabric . |
| 14 | And my pictures were upside down but I could see the rings of Saturn with it , which was more than what Galileo saw first when he looked , he thought there was two stars at either side of Saturn . |
| 15 | We smiled and talked politely , but I could see the anger in his black eyes . |
| 16 | Ewen 's were wide , injured , unbelieving ; Neil 's stony , but I could see the effort that kept them level . |
| 17 | The navigation lights were switched off but I could see the Cessna Skywagon flying steadily in the cold air . |
| 18 | But I could hear the rest of them . |
| 19 | No sign of Ward , but I could hear the murmur of voices from the direction of the stable block . |
| 20 | I was n't going that far today , but I could hear the bulldozer they used sometimes to spread the garbage around as it revved and pushed . |
| 21 | ‘ I drove home and then followed the road into Alton , but I could find no sign of them , ’ he said . |
| 22 | But you could smell the mandrake fruit on her across the room . |
| 23 | But you could feel the sway of the tower when in a in a heavy gale of wind . |
| 24 | But you could feel the tension in them . |
| 25 | Small babies always look lovely in photographs , regardless of the surround , but you could make the picture of a new baby even more special by decorating it with a pretty mount . |
| 26 | But you could explain the importance . ’ |
| 27 | But you could toss a coin between them when it comes to judging the difference . ’ |
| 28 | But you could do a parent and toddlers could you ? |
| 29 | ‘ But you could ask the grooms , could n't you , if they 've seen anything wrong ? ’ |
| 30 | The other players carried on getting changed and opening lockers and stuff , but you could hear a pin drop . |