Example sentences of "but he [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His belief in diplomasi rather than struggle , perjuangan , was severely tested , but he continued to maintain a balancing act . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he said wait a minute I hear him coming down the stairs . |
| 5 | But he had made a mess of it . |
| 6 | But he had visited a club . |
| 7 | But he had reached a pitch where he could n't give up . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He went on talking of peace , but he had become a man who had allowed Britain 's major industry to be decimated and embittered . |
| 11 | But he had received a fax from the Bishop of the Diocese of Europe . |
| 12 | The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security . |
| 13 | Edward had not yet covered himself with military glory , but he had revealed a sureness of political judgement which was to stand him in good stead in the greater military endeavours that he embarked upon in 1337 . |
| 14 | They had met once while on holiday , and not only was Dustin Hoffman a great fan of Sting , but he had written a song which they performed together . |
| 15 | Ballater had , on that visit , thought the place loathsome — it still was — but he had felt a degree of sympathy with her for wanting to stay . |
| 16 | Obviously Edwin had not murdered Francis but he had created a situation in which violence was more likely . |
| 17 | He had rescued her in his own way , he had swept away the bitterness and the hurt , but he had added a hurt of his own too . |
| 18 | But he had married a greengrocer — a much younger woman — and ‘ retired early ’ partly to help her : ‘ he worked a lot in the house . |
| 19 | Two members of the band posed with a laughing Mr Brooke , who said : ‘ I know them considerably better than I did 15 minutes ago , ’ — but he declined to offer a rendition of any of their songs . |
| 20 | She 'd only been in Dane 's company for a matter of days , but he 'd left a mark on her , a mark it could prove impossible to erase . |
| 21 | Turner was suspicious of the other man , as he quite rightly should have been ; but he 'd had a whiff of something he especially did n't like , which considering who and what Ray Doyle was , was an amazing mistake to make . |
| 22 | He 'll never be among the winners ( top runners finish in about two hours 10 minutes ) , but he likes to complete a marathon in under four hours 25 minutes . |
| 23 | I 'm worried it might be an ulcer but he refuses to see a doctor . |
| 24 | Barrère has not been admitted to the Jar din Massey in any form , but he does get a plaque on the house where he was born , in the same street as the genial Gautier . |
| 25 | ‘ But he refused to have a child in spite of all my pleadings . |
| 26 | ‘ But he seems to have a lot of good ideas aimed at taking Forest back to the Premier League and I 'm happy to be part of that . ’ |
| 27 | The ANC has worthy successors to him , but he has become a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle . |
| 28 | It 's a debate Howe understandably does does not want to enter into but he has noticed a similarity between the current team and the Arsenal side he coached to the Double 21 years ago — coincidentally , the same season the Blues won their last major honour , the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 29 | But he has received a letter withdrawing the invite to take part in the discussion , which will feature Tory Michael Fallon , Labour 's Alan Milburn and Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg . |
| 30 | Dexter has a lot of problems but he has improved a lot since being here . |