Example sentences of "[noun sg] but he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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
2 Cork , who had dropped back into midfield , dashed to meet Reading full-back Steve Richardson in a race for the ball but he hoisted his attempted back pass over the stranded Prudhoe .
3 He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up .
4 Richard Hollison , deputy head of the FBI , could n't quite match Sir John 's tranquil serenity but he had his obvious anger under tight control .
5 David Howell is a critic of the Thatcher style but he sees nothing wrong in it :
6 He was no carpenter but he did his best and he began to sell wood on a larger scale .
7 Tony Newton , the Leader of the Commons , said the Government would consider the report but he thought it unlikely it would change its attitude .
8 He says that most of those years are just a blur but he finds it hard to forget that he was locked in a secure ward for the seriously mentally ill for two weeks .
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