Example sentences of "but he [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's about 45 feet to putt but he holes it . |
| 2 | But he Val said it was that flipping rough |
| 3 | But he s not exactly what you 'd call keen on it . ’ |
| 4 | But he ducks , wrenches at my fingers , and pulls his gun hand free . |
| 5 | The right hon. Gentleman touches on an important matter , but he misrepresents the views of the Government and he misrepresents what I said . |
| 6 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 7 | but he person who was shop steward for the finishing department more or less assumed responsibility for the other shop stewards because the other shop stewards would perhaps only have fifteen or twenty , you know members er under them . |
| 8 | Er , some some translations will put it tha that , that a , that a great storm blew up , but he word that is originally used there is the wi i , conveys the idea that this is no ordinary storm , this is just a , a sudden squall that has blown and in a , in a short while will blow itself out again , but it 's a strong word that 's used here , a word that would , that would denote a whirlwind or a tempest , something above and beyond the ordinary course of events that these disciples , many of them experience fisherman , would have known and been able to cope without any problem . |
| 9 | Rogers was hard behind him but he undershot and came in shallowly , and only touched the Lewis lever for a second before veering away . |
| 10 | ‘ That may be so , but he canna do a thing to help himself . |
| 11 | Thought he 'd be but he wasn't. kids . |
| 12 | ‘ True , I do not know him and have no wish to , but he intrigues me . |
| 13 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 14 | He does , when he gets really excited but he sort of |
| 15 | Yeah , he seems to be alright now , he was n't sleeping at night , I was worse at the beginning you see but he sort of got |
| 16 | but he sort of pooh-poohed it and sort of said well you know , we 're getting a bit to old for all this modern sophistication of computers and so on , well I said well quite frankly I am not totally in agreement with you , because as you probably know Clyde was looking into a program which will could alleviate a lot |
| 17 | and he said crikey look at this , what am I gon na do here and he sort of had to fill quite a big gap in , but he sort of pushed it and filled it and then the wallpaper goes up so you can just see it , a little bit , what 's a name now , just in the hall there 's a bit |
| 18 | But he designs windows . |
| 19 | Even Idris who er they 're desperate for but he Idris did n't think you know , he could cope with the four churches . |
| 20 | But he didnae tell me that he , he has telled me in a way . |
| 21 | Burun kept his face expressionless , but he w as laughing inside . |