Example sentences of "but he also [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that the threat was temporary and held that , if nobles took a broad view , their prospects were good , but he also sensed the extreme urgency of the state 's need to foster entrepreneurial activity . |
| 2 | But he also noted the occasional whiff of nostalgia as he contemplated the ‘ what-might-have-been ’ as far as classical theatre was concerned . |
| 3 | But he also saw the tiny smile she had , that serene look when she came home from six o'clock mass every morning . |
| 4 | But he also followed the normal practice of Greek historians in treating an army at war as something independent of the political organization which had created it . |
| 5 | ‘ Having differently coloured eyes is rare enough but he also had the distinctive physique of a bodybuilder , ’ Rust said , cutting in across Kolchinsky 's words . |
| 6 | Archer urged readers to leave matters in God 's hands , but he also predicted the imminent overthrow of earthly kings ; the revolutionary implications were obvious to many contemporaries , including the Fifth Monarchists . |