Example sentences of "[noun] but [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sensed the warmth screaming out of the atmosphere to be replaced with the absolute zero of his clinical persona but I could n't stop myself . |
| 2 | I mean no was ringing in my ears but I could n't say that . |
| 3 | I could see through ( men 's ) eyes but I could feel with her body . |
| 4 | She might close her eyes but she could n't blot out what had happened the night before . |
| 5 | He was saying sorry on Tuesday but you could n't fault him here , ’ said Lions boss Mick McCarthy . |
| 6 | The twilight was fading fast when she entered the bedroom but she could see that the child was still sitting bolt upright in the bed . |
| 7 | Oh yes and and then it got too big for them they are no longer able to control it they 're not big enough for a big power two very big big brothers but they could n't run a company the size they built it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass . |
| 10 | So er , it only takes you a second to er copy from an adjacent cell but it could take you a minute or two to get that formula working again if it 's not copyable , erm , it would probably only takes you an extra few seconds er when you 're actually building the formula to make it , copyable in the first place so it 's well worth investing a few extra seconds up front to save you maybe a minute or so later on . |
| 11 | Yet our soaps are top of the ratings but they could increase their viewers even more if they eased-up a little and balanced things out . |
| 12 | If your footwear is uncomfortable you will not only end up with sore feet or blisters but you could become a danger to yourself or , worse , still , to others who might have to come and rescue you . |
| 13 | Like her mother Jeanne was of a more sceptical frame of mind but she could not remain unaffected by the atmosphere of piety in the fifth-floor apartment . |
| 14 | It was right at the back of her mind but she could n't get it out . |
| 15 | Jo began frantically to try frame a lie in her mind but she could not think clearly . |
| 16 | Yeah , she 'd been to college but she could n't get her car started , she had to get her dad to drive her in and pick her up . |
| 17 | He was beginning to get to know them as individuals and to glimpse their relationships but he could never be more than the outsider looking in . |
| 18 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 19 | The best of them was Henry Lawes ; even he was far from deserving Milton 's great sonnet but he could manage both tragic and colloquial declamation with equal skill in dramatic monologue and strophic air : |
| 20 | Sure you know it 's , it 's a high fence but we could try to jump in and would have done the other , the farmer came with a stick and er he Useful know , no |
| 21 | I tried to take his mind off her by talking about the Norwegian leather industry but he could n't get interested somehow . |
| 22 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |
| 23 | She opened her mouth but she could n't speak . |
| 24 | She had not had an answer from Ellen but she could not wait . |
| 25 | I could tour it just like a normal album but I could use the art circuit as kind of a base audience . |
| 26 | ‘ They shouted at Trudy to open the till but she could n't open it because it had jammed . |
| 27 | Yeah they have to be deep littered all winter but they could perhaps do with a clean though that 's not bad in there . |
| 28 | He had tried several times at a local shooting range but he could n't bring himself to pull the trigger . |
| 29 | He was describing Denis Law but it could have been this era . |
| 30 | The tide was far out over a wide plain of sand but you could see its many colours silvering towards those reaches where sky and horizon misted together . |