Example sentences of "but who can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would n't think there was a war on , the way the tourists ca n't stay away , but who can blame them in weather like this ? |
| 2 | The Evertonian crowd are the most miserable supporters ever , but who can blame them — glory hunters from the eighties the lot of them . |
| 3 | But who can blame you ? |
| 4 | Mrs Browning was still pale and shaky as we settled ourselves by the fire ( and what the moon saw , or what it might have seen if its beams could have penetrated the closely-drawn curtains supplemented by plastic sheeting to foil the poison gas , might have seemed a little unusual ; but who can tell what strange sights are enclosed within the cheerful light of a curtained window ? ) . |
| 5 | West Ham are one of the favourites to go straight up , but who can tell what the pressures of promotion will do to them in the final weeks . |
| 6 | yes , but who can afford it ? |
| 7 | ‘ But who can say what will happen between now and then ? |