Example sentences of "but [pron] could n't [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 2 | But I could n't shake him on it , so then I concentrated on finding out which hospital you were in . |
| 3 | ‘ I like him very well , ma'am , ’ Theda said quickly , ‘ but I could n't marry him even if I wanted to — which I do n't . ’ |
| 4 | But I could n't leave him like that , his back and legs bare . |
| 5 | Once they 'd cleaned him up he looked a little better , but I could n't recognise him to begin with |
| 6 | He asked me to be friends again , but I could n't forgive him . |
| 7 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 8 | I knew he was there , but I could n't see him and I thought he was unaware of me . |
| 9 | But you could n't trust him if something upset him not to act up . |
| 10 | He was saying sorry on Tuesday but you could n't fault him here , ’ said Lions boss Mick McCarthy . |
| 11 | She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma … |
| 12 | His words hurt , really hurt , but she could n't blame him . |
| 13 | She knew they were n't suited to each other , really ; she did n't love him , but she could n't give him up just yet . |
| 14 | He was right , but she could n't leave him like this . |
| 15 | She had sensed from the beginning that his compliments to her were of a different kind from those he bestowed so liberally upon every female in sight , but she could n't tell him that , while in her heart she liked them , she might be annoyed by his assumption that they were always acceptable . |
| 16 | She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that . |
| 17 | But she could n't take him seriously . |
| 18 | Ruth ran after him , horror building and building ; but she could n't catch him up . |
| 19 | He hated and desired her , but she could n't let him know she saw the desire . |
| 20 | But she could n't let him see that it had meant something to her . |
| 21 | He kissed her , but she could n't see him . |
| 22 | But she could n't see him getting smaller , any more than you can watch a plant growing . |
| 23 | She knew her father would lend her whatever she needed to cancel her debt to Nathan Bryce , but she could n't ask him . |
| 24 | She looked for him once or twice ; even went one day to the tiny public library which was in a room with stained glass windows at the back of the Town Hall , but she could n't find him . |
| 25 | We all began to search for him , but we could n't find him . |
| 26 | Posters on every lamp post promised a personal appearance of Peter the Panda , representing the Darlington and Stockton Times , but we could n't find him either . |
| 27 | The Gotobeds were n't hard people , the young ladies gave him sweets and toys and made a real pet of him , but they could n't comfort him , and in the end they said he could go back home one day . |
| 28 | His dad was with him at the race , but he could n't find him and gave the grenade to a marshal . |