Example sentences of "but he did " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E looked like an Italian but 'e did n't speak like they do . |
| 2 | ‘ The White Rabbit had put on his spectacles , but he did not know where to start . |
| 3 | He did n't actually have to run his finger along the line in order to make sense of it , but he did like to mouth the words as he got to them . |
| 4 | But he did eat it , and I thought he would . |
| 5 | But he did it , right in front of a roomful of people . |
| 6 | The back of his neck went pink but he did n't come back . |
| 7 | I spotted a critical piece about my department in the Economist and drafted a letter to the editor for Mellowes to send but he did n't use it . |
| 8 | Professionalism in writing was what Yeats resentfully found himself condemned to ; but he did n't like it , and he never pretended to . |
| 9 | The Chancellor might be forced to raise rates again if sterling took a nosedive , but he did not need to sit with his finger on the trigger . |
| 10 | But he did not order the return of other civilians , he said . |
| 11 | He also published a novel , acted in movies and assisted on the screen plays of others ; but he did not direct again after 1974 , perhaps because a much-anticipated family saga , La Maison des Bories , reveals many of the faults of those film-makers swept away by the nouvelle vague , and none of the movement 's freshness . |
| 12 | They were amused by him for a while but he did n't keep his place . |
| 13 | Goldwyn tried to stamp his own notions of quality and Americanism on his pictures , but he did so as a tycoon , in competition with writers , directors and stars . |
| 14 | It will be the first time Michelozzo has tackled 1 ¼ miles , but he did win over a distance of 1 mile and 50 yards at Nottingham in April . |
| 15 | But he did not believe that Britain should wait until next summer 's removal of capital and exchange controls throughout the Community before entering the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 16 | But he did so in the most unfortunate manner . |
| 17 | He liked incense , but he did not like an excess of ceremonial ( ’ scarlet , lace etc' ) which he condemned as vulgar and intrusive . |
| 18 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
| 19 | Oh , he said , but he did go off and fetch him . |
| 20 | Bevin did not accept Attlee 's idea of resiting Britain 's main base in Africa , but he did share in a developing view that Africa should play a much greater role in Britain 's imperial policy , especially because of its ( alleged ) economic potential . |
| 21 | He waved weakly after the car but he did not speak as Rose shut the door and they turned back into the house . |
| 22 | He could have called out from where he stood but he did not . |
| 23 | They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend . |
| 24 | They all fixed in a pure tenseness of watching as he shaved but he did not cut himself . |
| 25 | people leaving the post office spoke to him but he did not hear . |
| 26 | Racism was not wiped out when Lyon was minister , on the contrary some of the worst cases of human suffering at the hands of Immigration Officers occurred in his regime , but he did occasionally act with some humanity . |
| 27 | Straight after I got out of my car I went to Alain to apologise but he did n't want to accept . |
| 28 | Charlie was sensitive about having false teeth at thirty — why had n't all that wartime milk and orange juice set him up for life as it had his contemporaries ? — but he did n't mind Jack knowing . |
| 29 | ‘ He 'd got his pay packet , but he did n't touch that . |
| 30 | Wexford was listening with concentration , but he did not appear to be listening at all . |