Example sentences of "but he could [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was n't exactly comfortable , but he could stand it for a while longer . |
| 2 | But it never seemed right ; she would kiss him , for not very long , at the end of each meeting , and he could hold her , feel his arms around her narrow back , his body briefly against hers , but he could feel her tense if his hands went lower than the small of her back , and when he tried to kiss her more deeply , or hold her tighter , she would break away , shaking her head . |
| 3 | But he could feel its breath on his cheek . |
| 4 | But he could feel her trembling with excitement , even through the incessant and stupefying vibration of walls , floor and ceiling . |
| 5 | He could not comprehend but he could feel it . |
| 6 | But he could feel it sometimes , sidling out of sight behind his Ego , biding its time … |
| 7 | ‘ But he could sink us all ’ |
| 8 | The name came from out of his dreams , but he could make nothing of it . |
| 9 | It was a different story after the break with the Witham defence under pressure throughout with Banks saving a penalty , but he could do nothing when a free kick by McCarthy took a deflection on its way into the net . |
| 10 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
| 11 | He tried to see through the net curtain but he could see nothing . |
| 12 | He thrust the lamp in among the mops and brooms , but he could see nothing . |
| 13 | He stared out to sea , but he could see nothing — only the white tops of the great black waves , and the black clouds above . |
| 14 | His eyes were wide open but he could see nothing . |
| 15 | Rostov peered past the screen at the porthole , but he could see nothing of the surface of the planet . |
| 16 | Alexei glanced across the cistern , but he could see nothing . |
| 17 | The light was much dimmer here , but he could see something , a shape , at its centre . |
| 18 | But he could see what was coming . |
| 19 | She was looking at him questioningly but he could see she had caught his drift . |
| 20 | Jack hissed furiously , but he could see she was not to be harried . |
| 21 | I wanted very much to give it but he could see I could n't . |
| 22 | He could n't hear anything , but he could see his father covered in pollen and then he had watched the actress get off the train and a lot of kissing and hugging , and everyone behaving the way theatre people always did behave . |
| 23 | But he could see none . |
| 24 | He will try to lead the discussion , this time , instead of acting as a mere facilitator , but he could find himself shouted down or boycotted . |
| 25 | Later I even appealed to the Member of Parliament for South Edinburgh , then the redoubtable Sir Will Y. Darling , who always made much of his rôle as an old soldier , to use his position to find out what he could ; but he could find nothing . |
| 26 | Kalchu had gone right round it , feeling its legs and back and stomach , but he could find nothing . |
| 27 | Theo did not provoke easily , but he could defend himself . |
| 28 | But he could read her too well , and he could see that she was hoping for something more . |
| 29 | But he could outwit them . |
| 30 | Unlikely , but he could amuse himself by playing with the idea . |