Example sentences of "but [indef pn] could [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1935 Noel was increasingly oppressed by the diabetes from which he suffered , blindness , and a cancerous growth , but nothing could dampen his spirits , and when he could no longer sing the liturgy , he learned it off by heart . |
| 2 | The day was high and bright , the salt tang seasoning the after-pulse of summer heat which still hung in the air , but nothing could shift my sense of despondency , nagging depression . |
| 3 | But nothing could stop her from breathlessly anticipating the next light , accidental caress . |
| 4 | But nothing could stop him now . |
| 5 | All night long she had lain awake , worrying about what had happened and wishing with the benefit of hindsight that she had handled it better , but nothing could change what had gone on . |
| 6 | She had been little more than a child when I first saw her , but no-one could forget her beautiful , lively eyes . |
| 7 | Amazingly , he recovered , but no-one could ascertain what had caused the fits . |
| 8 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |
| 9 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 10 | We kept asking people what it meant , but nobody could tell us . |
| 11 | She began again , very quietly , but nobody could hear her . |
| 12 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |
| 13 | One could not know what an experience was like without knowing whether it was pleasurable or not , but one could know what it was like without recognizing its value , even though this follows necessarily from its being like just what it was . |
| 14 | All self sacrifice is good , but one could like it to be in a somewhat nobler cause than that of a diabolical law which chains a man body and soul to a putrefying carcass . |