Example sentences of "but he [verb] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had made it complete with fossils and dinosaur skeletons buried under the earth ; red herrings put there to expose those of little faith . |
| 2 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 3 | But he had given it all up and returned to the business world as a marketing executive . |
| 4 | But he had discovered something surprising . |
| 5 | But he had revealed his true colours now — he considered that the Madam 's overwhelming interest in them was merely bad for business . |
| 6 | In the interests of speed and surprise Henry had brought no artillery train with him from Poitiers so Richard was quite safe in the great fortress of Taillebourg , but he had lost his military stores as well as the services of the sixty knights and four hundred archers captured in Saintes . |
| 7 | He had shattered her barrier of ice but he had left her defenceless . |
| 8 | But he had to reveal his true colours when asked by daughter how he would vote . |
| 9 | He looked down , feeling a vague desire for her , but he had doused his earlier fierceness . |
| 10 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 11 | But he 'd seen her hurt , she realised , for even as she made a dash for the door , he caught up with her and , to her astonishment , there was not a scrap of aggression in him as he groaned , ‘ Oh , lord , ’ and more astonishingly , he gently put his arms around her . |
| 12 | He does not give us simple explanations but he does give us useful ones . |
| 13 | But he refused to attribute his 77 to his discomfort , saying : ‘ After hooking out of bounds with my first drive to take 7 , I was always struggling . |
| 14 | But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November . |
| 15 | But he wanted to make it clear that he was there to be called on in an emergency . |
| 16 | They stared in surprise and she said in a tired voice , ‘ Oh it does n't matter , I suppose , not the old skull , but he 's run me ragged just lately , picking up things round the house and putting them down where they should n't be . |
| 17 | But he 's had his own little campaign to rubbish it now , just because he has n't got it any more . |
| 18 | He sleeps in his owner 's bedroom , but he 's got his own bean bed . |
| 19 | Davey sends something every month but he 's got his own family to support so he ca n't afford much . |
| 20 | Martin Cruz Smith is a dab hand at beginnings , as readers of Gorky Park will remember ; but he tends to fumble his middle sections , and by the time the climax arrives he 's all fingers and thumbs . |