Example sentences of "but he can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Governor has a similar philosophy but he can express his thought . ’ |
| 2 | But he can protect us , if he likes . |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes is a very clever detective , but he can do nothing about the weather . |
| 4 | It comes up just short of the green , but he can putt it and he says , ‘ I can take four putts from here and still win . ’ |
| 5 | For Friday night , but he can have one sort of , first thing Saturday morning . |
| 6 | The temptation is there to say , ‘ Tough , but he can afford it . ’ |
| 7 | But he can bridge it only if he has broad lines of policy clear in his head ; if , knowing his own mind , he drives his authority down through the departments ; and if he is prepared to understand that the fruits of his efforts may appear long after the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton , gourmand and ground-breaker . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think he could be a traditional leading man — he 's got too good a brain — but he can play anything with an edge . ’ |
| 9 | But he can get them . |
| 10 | And but he can get them on to a disk . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell . |
| 12 | But he can turn his mind to detailed needs , like pensions , if he has to . |
| 13 | But he can put it he can put it on the back |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't put him next to other horses , but he can see them clearly , only a field away , and he does n't fret or bother at all . |