Example sentences of "but [pron] could make " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But I could make the aeroplane . |
| 3 | Most of it was double-dutch to me but I could make out the names entered in columns . |
| 4 | I was always her property , but I could make an evening , or an afternoon for that matter , swing for all the ladies . |
| 5 | But I could make that one back as I had it . |
| 6 | Small babies always look lovely in photographs , regardless of the surround , but you could make the picture of a new baby even more special by decorating it with a pretty mount . |
| 7 | That 's sixth one sixth but you could make two twelfths out of that . |
| 8 | It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs . |
| 9 | She herself had long abandoned Highbury to be with her Miss Dinah ; not only was she devoted to the children , but she could make a little money by letting her own house . |
| 10 | It was difficult to see her backside in the mirror , but she could make out the pink weals which had been raised on her tender white bum-cheeks by the little squirt . |
| 11 | ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’ |
| 12 | It will be especially meaningful for those who may be able to make a very limited financial offering , but who could make a considerable offering of time and skill . |
| 13 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 14 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 15 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 16 | Peasants might share their longing to see the abolition of taxes and noble landownership , but they could make little of the more visionary socialist elements of the young radicals ' propaganda , or indeed of their attacks on the revered Tsar . |
| 17 | By now his eyes were used to the darkness but he could make out very little . |
| 18 | But he could make out her form stretching up to the light . |
| 19 | The gaslight had been turned down low but he could make out Rachel standing at the foot of his bed in her dressing-gown . |
| 20 | The name came from out of his dreams , but he could make nothing of it . |
| 21 | Ratagan was leaning across the table and pouring him some of the dark , malty beer , but he could make no sense out of the big man 's words . |
| 22 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
| 23 | The fact is that the ultimate choice will not matter to the departed pet but it could make all the difference to the real pain of separation from a beloved companion . |