Example sentences of "but he [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's got a lot to do with the melody but he sounds like he really means it . |
| 2 | They have got an accent this 's got one but he sounds more Lancashire than anything . |
| 3 | Sean will hear the classic ‘ Kissing In The Back Row ’ and ‘ Under The Boardwalk ’ each night of the 30-date tour but he promises : ‘ I could listen to them every night for 100 nights . ’ |
| 4 | Gazza , who will be watched by England No 2 Lawrie Mcmenemy tonight , said : ‘ Luigi could n't get in the side because of Maradona but he talks about him with no jealously , only admiration . |
| 5 | ‘ But he talks a lot of tripe about football , and his team 's a disgrace . ’ |
| 6 | He looks extremely real and solid , and is clearly not illusory , but he talks in a stiff , halting manner . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's a killer , Wallace , but he talks like a suicide . ’ |
| 8 | but he talks as if he , he was born in that country , I mean I could be really patriotic to Wales |
| 9 | Only see one way in which we are like God is in having moral and spiritual capacities no other creature has moral and spiritual capacities , they do not of the potential to worship , they do not of a code er , er , of moral laws , they 're not governed by that , it 's a case of , of the , might makes right , it 's a case of the strongest the one that survives and the weakest goes to the wall you 've only got to look er at a litter of pups and the last one is the one that 's pushed to the back every time is n't it , there 's no moral law there , those pups and the , and the bitch does n't er work out , that because that one is weaker it should be getting more , more nourishment , it should be cared for better , it does n't work like that in any thing else , but God has placed within humanity a moral responsibility and his place within as a spiritual capacity , were more than just animals , were created in his image , so God created us , capable of knowing him and growing to be like him and in his original creation they 're in need of , the , the , the highlight of it was when he came down and communicated and talked with Adam and Eve there in the garden and shared his heart with them and there was this perfect commune between God the creator and man his creation , he never did it to any animal , he did n't go and talk to the trees and the plants perfect though they were , he never looked on any of the other creatures that he had made , wonderful though they may be , beautiful in their colouring , and go and talk with them , but he talks with Adam and he shares his heart with him his purpose is that Adam should communicate with him and walk with him and has fellowship with him , growing to be like him , but you see even though God created us like that , he did n't create us as puppets , it was n't God up in heaven pulling the strings and Adam did that and Eve did this and that was how it were , God is not a puppeteer and he made as capable of choosing good and evil , he gave us moral choices , because he made us his moral beings and so we could choose to do this and not to do that , we could choose to , to do this and to leave the other undone . |
| 10 | Wolfram may never have seen a Muslim ; but he preaches , with outspoken conviction , the common humanity , the common place in God 's purpose , of Christian and heathen — ‘ spare God 's handiwork ’ . |
| 11 | The power moves his hand , as if by magnetism , but he forces it back , to touch the phial of Galadriel and be momentarily relieved . |
| 12 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 13 | I really like this poem , I became more and more moved with it as I grew to understand it more and I think the poem definitely works and Owen conquers it subtly , approaching a big issue , but he wins in telling us his message . |
| 14 | Adorno , we have seen , acknowledges this specificity — indeed , for him it explains the ( unfulfilled ) potential of jazz and the hangovers of ‘ real ’ creativity in some Tin Pan Alley songs ; but he subsumes it into a theory of ‘ false individualization ’ , designed , in his view , to disguise mass cultural production as ‘ art ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's a flirt but he dotes on her . |
| 16 | In the case of the wrongful deportation of any asylum seeker , he admitted that he was consulted , but he hides behind the excuse that he did no more than accept civil servants ' advice . |
| 17 | But he turns out to be a devastatingly good campaigner . |
| 18 | His counterpart in ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ — George Wickham — stands also for the rejection of society 's standards , but he turns out to be a rake and a liar — a totally unsuitable match for any of the Longbourne girls . |
| 19 | But he doubts if there is anyone , among the ‘ jellyfish ’ politicians in London and Dublin , with the will to take difficult decisions . |
| 20 | Not only is wisdom sought for Church , King and Court and for all whom Andrewes had educated and ordained , but he asks , |
| 21 | His cheesemaker is situated on the outskirts of the village , but he keeps names top secret from the culinary competition . |
| 22 | ( Dmitry did n't kill his father but he keeps baring his breast to people about how much he wanted to . ) |
| 23 | He 's learning to row a coracle but he keeps going round in circles , it must be tiresome for him when he 's used to going in straight lines . |
| 24 | ‘ He had an affair and left me , but he keeps coming back ’ |
| 25 | He is looking at the flowers , but he keeps turning towards the house . |
| 26 | ( He has also lived through a revolution and it was hell , but he keeps quiet about that ) . |
| 27 | We have explained the point at great length to the hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside , but he keeps making his claim . |
| 28 | But he keeps on spending as much as before , topping up his spending account with cash from the piggy-bank , which he replaces with little bits of paper saying that the spending account owes the piggy-bank money . |
| 29 | You , you know how I feel , I mean er Rob does a lot of good work but he keeps it all to himself and we 've got ta be bigger than keeping it to ourselves , it 's everybody 's responsibility vocational education from right down from year seven right the way across the board , they 've got ta |
| 30 | 14 year old Philip is said to have made a ’ terrific ’ recovery after falling from the same chair lift , but he keeps asking why it happened . |