Example sentences of "[verb] but [pron] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know why I 've been dropped but I can only think it 's something to do with my run-ins with those high-profile managers . |
| 2 | This is a good argument as it stands but one can well imagine that it would have been pressed in terms of these hopefuls having a right to be paid if they succeeded . |
| 3 | and we we have tried and tried but you can not light the spark . |
| 4 | ‘ A lot of work has to be done but we can only go forward . |
| 5 | The contents of the discussion were not revealed but it can safely be assumed Border made it clear he felt Marsh , dropped along with Mark Waugh , should have been spared , not least because of his loyal service . |
| 6 | Tradition maintains that many of the Campbells warned Macdonalds in time for them to escape but it can not be denied that on that winter morning in Glencoe many of the Clan Campbell plumbed the depths of treachery and horror . |
| 7 | It can look but it can not touch , the result being it can just as easily be released again . |
| 8 | That audience still exists but we can also reach out beyond it . |
| 9 | Clearly they have some way to go but they can still look back on 1989 with a glimmer of pride . |
| 10 | Plastic sheeting laid over the soil can prevent leaching but it can not draw up , into the top soil , the deep minerals in the way that alfalfa or fodder radish can do . |
| 11 | I know but he can probably be nice like that but then he 'll just change and become all cool when he wants to be |
| 12 | Large companies in particular , have received extensive support when markets were expanding but they can also rely on financial support in less prosperous years . |
| 13 | It may be rejected or abused but it can not be devalued , and if she can bring herself to look ahead without bitterness it can still bear fruit in her own life . |
| 14 | I try to sleep but I can only doze , and I am frequently aware of a pulse , a rattle , a rustiness rippling through me . |
| 15 | You can take all in the line or as many as you like but you can not take from more than one line . |
| 16 | If you are wearing gloves and boots , this will not happen while you keep moving but it can easily affect the exposed parts of your face/nose when the temperatures are below freezing and the wind is strong ( the wind-chill factor ) . |
| 17 | I watch it approaching but I can not fear it . |
| 18 | I fully understand what I am doing but I can not stop . |
| 19 | my Lord , no , er if you have a good reason for preventing someone who is capable of being a competitor , eighty five applies but you can only exempt , if you 've got a good reason for preventing someone who is incapable of being a competitor then eighty five one is inapplicable . |
| 20 | If food to be eaten raw or without further cooking has thawed , it 's acceptable to refreeze it if just the surface has softened but you can still feel some ice . |
| 21 | We draw up the perfect guest list , and then go about extending the invitations — we have n't yet resorted to blackmail but it can only be a matter of time . |
| 22 | The amount that we do overseas fluctuates but I can not remember a time when we have not had an overseas project going on . |
| 23 | ‘ It was not the sort of thing you would normally say but you can maybe understand his point of view . |
| 24 | There 's a lot of talk about forgiving or forgetting is n't there , some people say I can forgive but I can never forget . |