Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | This brought the chucker-out to see what the commotion was about , but luckily he could n't tell what row it had come from because the old woman snatched me up by the hem of my frock and sat me on the seat . |
| 2 | The giving of grades no doubt aggravates and facilitates such effects but mostly they could survive in its absence . |
| 3 | Erm and they look quite good , but irritatingly I could have done with them , after the first workshop . |
| 4 | But perhaps we could do something about it . |
| 5 | ‘ I can hardly wait , ’ he said drily , ‘ but perhaps we could leave it for a couple of years ? ’ |
| 6 | She supposed it was all right when one was all dressed up , but perhaps it could become a nightmare if one totally lost one 's privacy to move around anonymously . |
| 7 | The highest prices are expected to be paid for a 1982 Mouton Rothschild at upto £250 a bottle , but perhaps it could be topped by an outsize bid . |
| 8 | Er but perhaps I could talk about the Centre , which is not . |
| 9 | Erm I 'll be happy to distribute copies but perhaps I could run through that draft quickly now erm and go through what I would say are the advantages . |
| 10 | Erm well perhaps you , you wou would you er let me perhaps er well not let me but perhaps I could ring a few of erm those people just to have a chat with them and perhaps put , you know , talk about the er planning your future exercise with them as well , could you , would you give me some numbers please ? |
| 11 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 12 | £ Well , I think I really had better stop there , and then if you want to ask any questions erm we can go into them , but perhaps I could just mention two things that I would like to have said more about , one was , that you probably know , there were three or two major epidemics in Oxford , of what they call plague , but it was probably a form of typhus , in 1643 and 44 , and a good deal of sickness , I think , still in 1645 , and the other was that there was a very serious fire , which almost certainly arose from these kind of living conditions , because Anthony Wood says it was a soldier roasting pig , erm and I think a lot of cooking went on in very unsuitable situations . |
| 13 | ‘ Somebody will be asking you questions more formally but perhaps you could tell me if you went out at all last evening ? ’ |
| 14 | We think you will be finalising the report on Wednesday , but perhaps you could clarify your plans with Jenny on Tuesday ? |
| 15 | ‘ My prevailing power with Harry seems to be rather limited , but perhaps you could try him with some straight questions . ’ |
| 16 | But perhaps you could look into that . |
| 17 | Perhaps , from those remarks , it 's hardly a question but perhaps you could just clarify |
| 18 | I realise that before making any commitment you 'll want to take advice , but perhaps you could let me have your initial response ? ’ |
| 19 | But perhaps he could not have attracted them to The Other Story . |
| 20 | But perhaps he could think of no words bad enough because he began to cry instead , loud , gasping sobs , eyes wide and streaming . |
| 21 | But perhaps she could say nothing , for Alida would not like it , there would be financial considerations . |
| 22 | Today threatened to be a write-off as far as work was concerned , but perhaps she could recoup some of the lost time later on . |
| 23 | But perhaps she could do with some mental help . |
| 24 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 25 | But alone they could not have removed Mossadeq . |
| 26 | Richards , 40 , said : ‘ I was flattered to receive the offer , but morally I could not accept . |
| 27 | I had n't known she did , but apparently she could only be persuaded when she was in her cups , which was a rare occurrence . |
| 28 | Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman , but afterward he could not say that she had seemed at all unwell . |
| 29 | But elsewhere they could not . |
| 30 | Yes but then they 're but nevertheless they could n't |