Example sentences of "but he [verb] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Border , who once said that the day Marsh and David Boon are out of the Australian side will be the day he goes as well , got back out on the ground soon enough , but he continued to fuel the fire by staying behind in Adelaide that evening while the rest of the team flew on to Perth to prepare for the fifth and final Test . |
| 2 | He confirmed that he had no intention of imposing presidential rule ( he had earlier given such an assurance in talks with Gorbunovs ) , but he continued to lay the blame for the crisis on the " unconstitutional acts " of the Baltic republics ' parliaments . |
| 3 | His belief in diplomasi rather than struggle , perjuangan , was severely tested , but he continued to maintain a balancing act . |
| 4 | His nursing care was gradually reduced as Stanley became more independent , but he continued to have a nurse in attendance overnight , when he was most likely to suffer the epileptic fits . |
| 5 | But he kept pushing the stuff into his mouth with the dogged perseverance of a long-distance runner who has sighted the finishing-line and knows he must keep going . |
| 6 | ‘ He was n't too bad , but he kept copying the way I said ‘ country ’ in a very meaningful fashion and it got on my nerves . |
| 7 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
| 8 | I asked him about his party 's environmental charter but he seemed to have no answer . ’ |
| 9 | He did n't kiss Lyn , he never touched women , or men either for that matter , but he seemed to make a principle of shrinking from the touch of women . |
| 10 | But he seemed to bear no grudge . |
| 11 | But he said wait a minute I hear him coming down the stairs . |
| 12 | I felt incredibly well , but he said to keep an eye on the swollen gland and to see him immediately if it grew in size . |
| 13 | But he had crossed the road — actually crossed the road — to tell her he thought it was the most interesting interview he had ever heard on the Parker Show . |
| 14 | But he had made no phone call . |
| 15 | Decision : it would have been open to the sentencer to impose a term of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) , but he had made no reference to the section and it was clear that the sentence was unlawful . |
| 16 | Ewen Mackay had said he could sleep on his boat , but he had made no move to invite Parsons to share it with him . |
| 17 | But he had made a mess of it . |
| 18 | No doubt I ought to have told you it was a trick , but he had made the plan to stop you going to his flat . |
| 19 | But he had made the gesture : these were people for whom you could safely slaughter a sheep . |
| 20 | Chapman continued with his industrial work , but he had to carry the stigma of the commission 's verdict . |
| 21 | Bacon was an acclaimed alchemist and necromancer but he had to enlist the help of his friend Friar Bungay to assist in making this remarkable head . |
| 22 | But he had visited a club . |
| 23 | But he had reached a pitch where he could n't give up . |
| 24 | The land used to belong to Lord Linkhaven , up at the Hall ; to the present lord 's great-grandfer , I should say , but he had to sell a bit here and there — and that 's how the two villages came . |
| 25 | Lucille half stood , as if to reveal herself to Sharpe , but he had seen the Duke and , seemingly oblivious of the effect his entrance had caused on the ball 's guests , now strode between the tables to the Duke 's side . |
| 26 | But he had seen the look on her face . |
| 27 | The likeness was there , Master Harry 's divination had been marvellously guided ; but he had carved a man , and this , after all , was no more than a boy , not yet grown . |
| 28 | He went on talking of peace , but he had become a man who had allowed Britain 's major industry to be decimated and embittered . |
| 29 | But he had received a fax from the Bishop of the Diocese of Europe . |
| 30 | SHe appreciated Dr Parmedes ' art : it would have been easy to fix the physical changes , but he had possessed the patience and expertise to make those organs as responsive to stimulation as any natural ones . |