Example sentences of "[pers pn] but can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | My Mummy loves me but can not look after me any more . |
2 | My mummy loves me but can not look after me any more . |
3 | My mummy loves me but can not look after me any more . |
4 | They were all related to the general principle , said to have been established with the introduction of legal aid in 1950 , that ‘ … legal services should be available to those who need them but can not afford to pay for them . ’ |
5 | Butch tries to answer him but can only say . |
6 | Enjoying , we spontaneously welcome awareness ; bored and listless , we can not without effort summon it up ; disliking , we withdraw from it ; suffering , we recoil from it but can not escape it . |