Example sentences of "but she could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore a wedding ring , but she could surely never have had any children of her own . |
| 2 | But she could well match her rivals over the 50-metre sprints at the meet , which this year will also incorporate the Super Final of the Uncle Ben 's Rice British Grand Prix series.GOLF : A statue of Harry Vardon which , as reported in The Daily Telegraph , was stolen from the South Herts golf club in north London last month , has been located in the Hendon area . |
| 3 | But she could also have written one of the following , which can more readily be considered variants of the original : [ 8 ] The discreet door closed with a click . |
| 4 | Her sister was headstrong and volatile , sometimes thoughtless of the feelings of those who cared for her , but she could also be charming and generous , compassionate and very lovable , and she was certainly no femme fatale , to lead a man to his doom against his will . |
| 5 | There were a series of impossible pains like knife cuts , but she could also see distantly how the women were skilful and trustworthy . |
| 6 | The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose . |
| 7 | She could shoot straight , mind , straighter than most men but she could no more keep house than fly to the moon … ’ |
| 8 | But she could scarcely control the quivering of her lower lip . |
| 9 | But she could scarcely tell him that . |
| 10 | Pendrich , the London-based 17-year-old , heads the distance freestyle category , but she could yet lose the top qualifying spot to Samantha Foggo . |
| 11 | Ms Tyson may protest too much ; but she could certainly argue that at no time in the previous two administrations did everyone involved in trade policy sing from the same songbook . |
| 12 | But she could only see little Gabriels , wearing small red anoraks and sporting hair that stood on end no matter how she tried to brush it down . |
| 13 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 14 | Her eyes were open in the darkness , but she could only see herself . |
| 15 | Zanya looked out of their spaceship , but she could only see a large , boring , grey planet . |
| 16 | He might be directly responsible for taking away her pleasure in singing — though that would surely be only a temporary aberration on her part — but she could only hold him to account for her loneliness if it was his company she was missing . |
| 17 | She might not have been able to see his expression , but she could definitely see his smile — and it was n't a very nice one . |
| 18 | But she could maybe turn Elizabeth against her husband . |
| 19 | But she could hardly tell him that ! |
| 20 | He said to his wife who was in there with the youngest boy — he thought he spoke clearly but she could hardly hear him — ‘ What a lovely day it 's been . |
| 21 | Her real destination was Fleet Street and the offices of the weekly Clarion Cry , but she could hardly inform Dr Neil or Matey of that interesting fact — it did n't quite fit the sad picture which she had drawn of the friendless , abandoned orphan without employment — not that the money which she earned from the Clarion would have kept her . |
| 22 | But she could sometimes be the diva . |
| 23 | Jessie 's pretty in a dolly sort of way , but she could never come up to Agnes . |
| 24 | She was a small , plump , pleasant faced woman , full of bounce and good intentions , but she could never stop talking . |
| 25 | ‘ But she could never have been like me with an audience . ’ |
| 26 | But she could never keep her mind on the job . |
| 27 | Occasionally he talked in his sleep but she could never make out what he was saying . |
| 28 | Every time she saw the photograph Stella was reminded of someone , but she could never catch who it was . |
| 29 | The books said to change baby first , but she could never bear to make Debbie wait . |
| 30 | But she could never hope to participate to the same degree in his excitement and his passion . |