Example sentences of "but [pron] could not [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could hear my wife , Sharon , in the driver 's seat of our Peugeot 405 but I could not see her because my eyes were clouded with blood . |
| 2 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 3 | I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right . |
| 4 | She added smoothly , ‘ Not that that had anything to do with me , but I could n't stop her . |
| 5 | Once I felt my hand touch her sleeve on the river bottom but I could n't find her . " |
| 6 | But I could n't get her to the doctor , she would n't go . |
| 7 | I was on the plane too , but I could n't help her . |
| 8 | Travis had deliberately given the impression their relationship was a warm one , but she could n't take her anger out on his brother . |
| 9 | The reference to her childish behaviour the previous night made Folly blush again , but she could n't deny she deserved the gentle teasing . |
| 10 | My daughter was of er grammar school erm tuition but we could n't put her into anywhere here because there were no schools available Loughton would n't take her neither would er , Bishop 's Stortford because they were the only two grammar schools available here and erm my dau , other daughter with many other children er , well all the , children of the residency in Tanys Dell and the Glebelands had to travel to Chingford every day to school . |
| 11 | If this was one of the family , she might have some explaining to do quite soon , but they could n't eat her , for heaven 's sake . |
| 12 | Doctors attempted many ‘ cures ’ , including injections of sea water , but they could not control her . |
| 13 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 14 | There was no noise , no radio , no light , but he could not imagine she would not be waiting for him . |
| 15 | Fernando Serra could make all the threats he liked but he could n't stop her carrying on her business . |
| 16 | I said , ‘ Why ca n't you tell your mother now we 're married she must send her Christmas card to both of us ' ’ , but he could n't tell her . ' |
| 17 | But he could n't see her . |
| 18 | From a vague distance she was aware that the rain continued unabated , but it could n't touch her . |