Example sentences of "but he [vb -s] [verb] 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 | Not only has the right hon. Gentleman made an idiot of himself by that intervention , but he has achieved the interesting feat of misquoting himself . |
| 3 | But he has got the continental grammar sort of Italians , you know what they 're like . |
| 4 | But he has got the top job . |
| 5 | ‘ But he has taken the unusual step of giving the declaration before the reasons because the tribunal ordered the reinstatement by next Monday . |
| 6 | Not only has he been prepared to forgive , but he has taken the brave step , for a unionist , of accepting a seat in the Irish Senate , as token of his Irish identity . |
| 7 | Mr Winchester may well have a point , but he fails to mention the profitable presence of IBM in Japan , Hong Kong and Singapore . |
| 8 | He wo n't be put off with a surface answer , but he wants to know the far end of everything ’ |
| 9 | But he wants to become the first man to do it all the way across . |