Example sentences of "could [vb infin] but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could feel and he could think but he could n't connect the two . |
| 2 | ' I could dance but I could n't turn corners . |
| 3 | The industry deserves better consideration and the country needs the benefits that recovery and growth in our industry could bring but which may well be sabotaged by inappropriate Government cuts . |
| 4 | Beatrice Webb signed the Appeal , although as she recorded in her diary for 1889 , she was impressed by a reply she received from a woman who complained that her lodger could vote but she could not , and that while she could vote for her parish council and her local Poor Law Guardians , she could not do so for an MP . |
| 5 | ‘ That could happen but I sha n't leave her alone for any longer than I can help . |
| 6 | The doc told me I could go but I would n't come back , but I managed to persuade her . |