Example sentences of "but he [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have side-stepped the issue completely , but he chose to give a frank response , dismissing as ‘ garbage ’ a Federal Bureau of Narcotics ' pamphlet which described marijuana as ‘ a powerful narcotic in which lurks murder , insanity and death ’ , words that might well have been taken as a reference to events in Hollywood , because they were almost identical to words used by the mass media in descriptions of Manson . |
| 2 | John Bowes could have spent the whole of his fortune on good living and racing but he chose to apply a large proportion to this fabulous collection and its breathtaking setting , which now forms part of our local heritage . |
| 3 | But he had stipulated a single girl , and she 'd assumed he would n't want children . |
| 4 | But he had lit a good coal fire in his bar . |
| 5 | He may have been off colour in the World Cup , but he had set a fine example to others . |
| 6 | He had kept his youth and beauty , but he had paid a terrible price for it . |
| 7 | Fergus had not been aware of the precise moment when the Lad of the Skins drew his soul from his body with the Knife of Light , but he had known a great coldness , and a sense of desolation , and an abandonment so complete that it had overwhelmed him , and for a time he had scarcely been aware of what was happening . |
| 8 | But he had provided a double failsafe mechanism for himself in case he accidently pressed the wrong key while accessing the code . |
| 9 | But he failed to achieve a clean sweep of the end-of-season awards . |
| 10 | But he recovered to plant a glorious chip over Kelly from 20 yards . |
| 11 | Thirdly he should be loved devoutly ( 113.171f. ) and sweetly and that is when the soul feels overcome with joy , burning in the heat of the Holy Ghost — a Noah 's ark of security in the love of God that nothing can destroy : On the question of how the lover can recognise whether he is loving , Rolle warns that apart from the overwhelming assurance which accompanies the gift of the experience of singular love , man can not live by certainty , but faith , since that is the nature of the game ; but he does suggest a do-it-yourself questionnaire which is really designed to reveal to the user where his heart is fixed . |
| 12 | 8 days later , he 's hardly found his way round the corridors of power , but he has got a front bench job . |
| 13 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
| 14 | US officials said the general would fall quickly , but he has proved a resilient and cunning opponent . |
| 15 | Mulroney is going , but he has left a solid legacy for his successor . |
| 16 | Earlier , in 1278 , when Roger permitted the appropriation by Stafford priory of the church of Stowe by Chartley , he made no stipulation about the creation of a vicarage , but he did obtain a ten-mark annual pension for the dean and chapter of Lichfield 's common fund . |
| 17 | He did not feel the presence of the dead poet in the room , but he did have a vague excited sense that any of these containers — the desk , the trunks , the hat-boxes , might contain some treasure like the faded letters in his own breast-pocket . |
| 18 | Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent . |
| 19 | It was not possible to construct a satisfactory double blind challenge but he did have a positive open challenge to pure ethanol . |
| 20 | But he did have a long-established base on which to build — and that was the British class system . |
| 21 | But he wanted to represent a protean form now , however impossible ; wanted to find a way to fix what he 'd seen at the door of his hotel room , when Pie'oh'pah 's many faces had been shuffled in front of him like cards in an illusionist 's deck . |
| 22 | He loved the superb art of the Dutch Golden Age , but he wanted to master a different , rougher , Adamistic art , purposely naive , one that satisfied his demands for simplicity and truth and vindicated his distaste for luxury . |
| 23 | Obviously it 'll not be done for the launch but he 's made a smart job of it it looks really smart done it in yellow , erm and really later on this week I 'm just tidying up , I 've got to go and see F I B just to make sure everything 's in place with them in the mounted section and really this time a week tomorrow it 'll be launched . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’ |
| 25 | but he 's got a long inside leg measurement , he says yes I 've got a very long inside measur leg measurement , I 'm thirty one inside leg and I thought |
| 26 | I know he 's not brilliant looking , but he 's got a fantastic mind and you know that 's what I really like . ’ |
| 27 | Obviously he ca n't quite speak in complete sentences yet , and his pronunciation is a bit poor sometimes , but he 's got a good grasp of the facts . |
| 28 | He obviously likes Jimmy Page and it 's pretty easy to tell where he 's coming from , but he 's got a good sound and it 's really fresh . |
| 29 | He was trying to climb up a brick wall , but he 's got a bad leg . |