Example sentences of "but [pron] could [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this Mr Mitchell may have regretted his generosity for he coloured , but nothing could stop Granny when she wanted to create a drama . |
| 2 | It is only November , but I could smell snow in the air . |
| 3 | But nobody could tell Hurley what to do . |
| 4 | But you could ask Mother . |
| 5 | Liz replaced the receiver and tried to keep calm , but she could feel panic , fever , tears approaching . |
| 6 | He was silent , but she could sense anger burning slowly inside him and wondered if it was directed at her . |
| 7 | He nodded , his mouth a bitter line , but she could see acceptance in the way he bowed his dark head , and she felt deep compassion for him , for his wasted life and wasted efforts and wasted pain . |
| 8 | But she could cut heather for a bed . |
| 9 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 10 | ‘ But who could cheat Fate ? ’ she asked . |
| 11 | But we could have dome a little tree for forty five . |
| 12 | No but we could put food through there . |
| 13 | The peasants might have even less electricity than the town-dwellers , but they could collect wood for fuel and could find foodstuffs available only on the black market in the urban centres . |
| 14 | But he could face competition from a young North Wales amateur who impressed Robins ' boss Brian Flynn in a 3-2 Midland Senior League win over Tranmere Rovers yesterday afternoon . |
| 15 | Briant might despise the job , despise the way they presented facts to the gawping idiot public , but he could recognize ability when he saw it . |
| 16 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
| 17 | But he could provide Rose with nothing until he had a job . |
| 18 | Jackson did n't know Ming from Royal Worcester , but he could recognise quality . |
| 19 | The difference may seem slight , but it could affect interpretation of the event , since the most important assembly of the Gallic provinces , the Council of the Gauls , was re-established in the former year . |
| 20 | But it could eclipse Sun 's ambitions . |
| 21 | ‘ It could mean negotiations , but it could mean closure . ’ |
| 22 | It conveys strain and effort ; the psychological rendering of a concentration on each separate moment and the feeling that every moment will be recoverable in memory ( perhaps strobe-like stop-motion would be more logical here , but it could provoke laughter or distraction , a break in concentration on the story ) ; and finally the suggestion that the action is so rapid that it must be slowed down so that it can be perceived at all . |
| 23 | I ca n't go into the particulars but whatever could take place between boys and girls squeedged into one bed , did take place and in the midst of the others . |