Example sentences of "but he could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was n't exactly comfortable , but he could stand it for a while longer . |
| 2 | When I said she was n't here , he asked where she was and I said Maidstone and he said she 'd moved and I said then I did n't know but he could leave the flowers here for Frank but he would n't . |
| 3 | He could not comprehend but he could feel it . |
| 4 | But he could feel its breath on his cheek . |
| 5 | But he could feel her trembling with excitement , even through the incessant and stupefying vibration of walls , floor and ceiling . |
| 6 | He was keeping his head pointed firmly downwards , but he could feel a disresonance and his eyes searched over the stencilling shading of rock , scrub and moor . |
| 7 | ‘ She wo n't hurt you , ’ he repeated , but he could feel Willie trembling so he decided not to pursue the matter . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But he could feel it sometimes , sidling out of sight behind his Ego , biding its time … |
| 10 | His upper body felt curiously numb , but he could feel a burning pain deep within him when he breathed . |
| 11 | The weight of the glider and the woman slowed him down , but he could feel the warm air currents . |
| 12 | But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year . |
| 13 | But he could quote only the case of the thirty books on agriculture by the Carthaginian Mago which were translated into Latin by order of the Roman Senate ( Pliny , N.H. 18.22 ) . |
| 14 | The best of them was Henry Lawes ; even he was far from deserving Milton 's great sonnet but he could manage both tragic and colloquial declamation with equal skill in dramatic monologue and strophic air : |
| 15 | But he could give the new boy his debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , when United take on Benfica in a testimonial for Eusebio that also marks 25 years since United beat the Portuguese to win England 's first European Cup . |
| 16 | He did n't know the details of the funding of the show , but he could piece a certain amount together . |
| 17 | The singer was crap , but he could handle the singer , just switch that amplified voice off in his head , just as he could shake out of his head the recoil thud of the Ruger on semi-automatic … |
| 18 | But he could handle that . |
| 19 | Yes but he could miss Cubs if we 're going . |
| 20 | ‘ But he could sink us all ’ |
| 21 | Nigel could n't actually see what the doctor was writing on the other side of his desk , but he could guess . |
| 22 | He did n't know where the others were , but he could guess . |
| 23 | ‘ I would not suggest Dalton is in the Liverpool or Arsenal class , but he could fit into a mid-table side . |
| 24 | But he could sense that this place was permanent , it was his home . |
| 25 | This far underground , not only did Mait 's enhancer have no effect , but he could sense a strong source of pure malevolence which was almost tangibly present all around . |
| 26 | Nothing was said but he could sense the optimism all round the company . |
| 27 | By now his eyes were used to the darkness but he could make out very little . |
| 28 | But he could make out her form stretching up to the light . |
| 29 | The gaslight had been turned down low but he could make out Rachel standing at the foot of his bed in her dressing-gown . |
| 30 | The name came from out of his dreams , but he could make nothing of it . |