Example sentences of "but he [verb] [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bert Green says he does n't know every wave and ripple , but he does know the winning route and he keeps that a secret . |
| 2 | But he did like the young woman , a hoyden from Somerville who gambled on the horses and was always broke . |
| 3 | But he did enjoy the unfamiliar experience . ) |
| 4 | But he did notice the growing financial difficulty of his parents — unlike his son in 1939 , he was required to be furnished with a top hat for use on Sundays . |
| 5 | But he did believe the working class — which he referred to as if it were a single-willed person — would do somewhat unlikely things . |