Example sentences of "but [adj] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all I could do was remind people of John 's situation . |
| 2 | But all I could think was , would we be allowed to film him ? |
| 3 | But all I could do was wrestle with the lunging hind foot , dressing the infected cleft with a crude mixture of copper sulphate and Stockholm tar and finishing with a pad of cotton wool held by a tight bandage . |
| 4 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 5 | She said something to me , a simple introduction , but all I could do was stare open-mouthed at her . |
| 6 | I sneaked a glance to my left but all I could see was a rather attractive young nurse wheeling a chair-ridden white-haired old dear down the corridor towards us . |
| 7 | I tried to gather up my wits but all I could find to say was ‘ The sun is hot ’ . |
| 8 | I tried to feel sorry for her , but all I could feel was envy . |
| 9 | I wo , well she was awake in the middle of the night , I do n't know what time it was but all I could hear was mummy , mummy , mummy ! |