Example sentences of "but they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be as soon as possible , but they could n't say exactly how long . |
| 2 | Outside , shapes began to materialize — heads , implements — they wanted to recognize friends but they could see nothing but shawls , cloaks , silhouettes . |
| 3 | British Rail had introduced new safety measures over the last few months , but they could not legislate against criminal vandalism |
| 4 | Most back problems originate in this area , but they could be easily avoided by regular exercise of the spinal erectors . |
| 5 | But they could be vinegar the next day , ’ he said . |
| 6 | But they could equally well deem Mr Lo 's proposals to enjoy popular support — since Mr Lo is , as it happens , vice-chairman of China 's own Basic Law Consultative Committee — and adopt those instead . |
| 7 | But they could not quell Crown , who got his head to a free kick in the 68th minute , nor Bennett , who pounced . |
| 8 | Wolves huffed and puffed , but they could not blow Tracey 's house down again . |
| 9 | Most often the support band are terrible , but they could have been great and they could have been you . |
| 10 | It was as if by drinking from the cold spring they were hoping to appease some spirit of the place so that it would n't turn unfriendly to their studies ; but they could not settle as they tried to read and make notes . |
| 11 | Jamila and Zahira were allowed into the yard to hang their washing but they could n't sit there chatting . |
| 12 | Older women might influence decisions but they could never make them , nor could Hindu and Jain families where the women themselves can sometimes be tyrants over their daughters-in-law , sisters-in-law and even younger brothers-in-law , see p. 118 Chapter 7 . ) |
| 13 | They are unashamedly retro in their appeal , but they could equally be futuristic . |
| 14 | They could not avoid criticism but they could usually ignore it . |
| 15 | Those callings that live to the spirit of critical-path analysis might introduce more order and efficiency to homesteading , but they could also lead one to break rather than bend . |
| 16 | But they could not be sure of winning and they know perfectly well that Mr Mitterrand has no reason to dissolve parliament so long as there is even a small risk that his party might lose . |
| 17 | But they could n't make out any of the words . |
| 18 | Now , many of the other items are also sound and have a part to play but they could be improved upon . |
| 19 | The closer the Gnostics stood to orthodoxy , the more likely they were to wish to infiltrate the catholic community ; this was especially the case among the Manichees , but they could be detected by their refusal to drink of the eucharistic cup ( since they regarded wine as an invention of the devil ) and to make the sign of the cross ( since to them the suffering of Jesus was no actual event but a symbol for the universal condition of the human race ) . |
| 20 | Doctors attempted many ‘ cures ’ , including injections of sea water , but they could not control her . |
| 21 | VERTICAL , horizontal , angular fibre soil erosion materials are not the average fan 's idea of a talking point , but they could hold the key to better pitches . |
| 22 | Northampton did win a scrum against the head on their line but they could not escape and a ferocious tackle by Pepper knocked Foale backwards as he tried to drive from a scrum . |
| 23 | They ‘ got away with it ’ with a half in bogey at the 19th , but they could not get their four at the 20th , where Tom Waugh , the son , holed an excellent putt . |
| 24 | But they could probably learn something from the occupational pluralism practised by crofters as an adaption to living on agricultural holdings too small to be economically viable . |
| 25 | But they could . |
| 26 | But they could n't have got far without you , could they ? ’ |
| 27 | Workers had to push hard to win these advances , but they could be won short of revolution . |
| 28 | He usually persuaded rather than forced , and her mother simply battered down any opposition with her tongue ; but they could do it , and in their present temper they would . |
| 29 | The conditions typically restricted the defendant to peaceful picketing at his or her usual place of employment , but they could be wider than this , embracing curfews and residency requirements such as the stipulation on one occasion that a defendant reside in Wick ( Wallington , 1985 : 156 ) . |
| 30 | questions — you will find lots of these at the end of each section : they are included mainly to stimulate your own reflections as you read , but they could also be drawn on when group discussion — at a meeting in a parish or deanery or diocesan synod — is being planned |