Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The playground was empty but he could hear the sing-song voices of children reciting tables as he paused by the railings . |
| 2 | The floor was a bit damp but I could put up with that . |
| 3 | The product is white but you could mix in a slight trace of pigment or water colour to obtain a better match with the pan itself . |
| 4 | She could n't follow the swift flow of Spanish but she could hear the reply . |
| 5 | Many of her ideas were innovative but she could convince those in authority of their value , and carry them through . |
| 6 | Her legs were weak but she could walk . |
| 7 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 8 | The gaslight had been turned down low but he could make out Rachel standing at the foot of his bed in her dressing-gown . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure but it could have been longer . |
| 10 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 11 | good but we could have some here if we get the right ones . |
| 12 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 13 | ‘ A good start is important but we could risk our success in all competitions if Ally plays and is then out for three months . ’ |
| 14 | People have paid deposits of $500 … they 've been paying weekly payments of $125 so it could be quite considerable but it could run to thousands of pounds |
| 15 | I 'm sure Eukanuba will prove successful but you could ask your vet about Waltham 's Canine Low Calorie Diet as an alternative . |
| 16 | Well it 's not very big but you could blow it up |
| 17 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 18 | His eyes were wide open but he could see nothing . |
| 19 | I was happy in my Office ; it was exacting but I could carry it easily in the House of Lords ; and I had no wish to re-submit myself to the rough and tumble of electioneering and the House of Commons … |
| 20 | She did n't know if he was annoyed but nothing could wipe the admiration from Maggie 's face . |
| 21 | Hank spoke no Ruthenian but he could understand the simple sentences his grandmother used — more easily , in fact , than her garbled attempts at English . |
| 22 | Surveying the damage at his Cordner shoe shop , Harold Lindsay said : ‘ It 's bad but we could have been all killed . |