Now the face of Joseph illumined the well like a lamp: Buschra and Melek tried to raise Joseph, but they could not.
And all the people perplexed themselves to discover the riddle, but they could not.
The Thamudites arrived and beat the rock, but they could not open it.
But they could not effect an escape in any direction; in every quarter they met death.
By this movement the foremost battalions of the Samnites were brought back, and the battle, which seemed to have been already decided, was renewed: but they could not support it long.
The Lord heard him and made to him again the great promise, as he did at the burning bush, and Moses told the people, but they could not believe it, for they were crushed under their cruel burdens.
He believed sincerely that the Senate imagined themselves to be acting for the best; but they could not be such competent judges as persons on the spot.
And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them.
But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.
Then some of them that followed him, came up to mark the place: but they could not find it.
And when the king of Moab saw this, to wit, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword, to break in upon the king of Edom: but they could not.
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
Jeremiah and Baruch's enemies would have killed them, but they could not, for God hid them.
They had a good mind to see their Lord, but they could not, as they thought, get away the stone which covered the mouth of the sepulchre.
How many times had the Jews a mind to have destroyed Jesus Christ; but they could not touch a hair of his head until his hour was come.
And when the dames saw them they marvelled who they might be, and were ashamed and would have hidden themselves; but they could not.
By this time the women began to come to themselves, but they could not speak, for their hearts were breaking.
And the townsmen ran to the gates and drove away those of the King's party who guarded them; and they strove to beat the gates down, but they could not, and they set fire to them and burnt them.
The Leonese would fain have maintained the city against him, but they could not, and he took the city of Leon, and all the towns and castles which had been under the dominion of his brother King Don Alfonso.
They had the same price, but they could not get as much as they could do.
I took them on the railroad in a body, but they could not be kept there any time without being separated.
There were about sixteen policemen there, but they could not apparently do anything with them.
They came to a place where nobles were hunting: some greyhounds were pursuing a hare, but they could notcatch it.
There they saw water, but they could not cross it by any means.
A shower of arrows fell among them, but they could not see a trace of the enemy, till the Indians, who had shot the arrows, broke from cover and ran to a second fastness.
The doctors tried to blow them down with their fans made of eagle feathers, but they could not do it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but they could not" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
