Example sentences of "but he [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top weight and soft ground proved his undoing but he ran an absolute cracker to finish third to Sibton Abbey . |
| 2 | " It 's not far now , lads , " the corporal chirped from the rear , but he struck no responsive chords in the toiling group . |
| 3 | Frank is driven out in the darkest darkness in Leeds , but he got a golden oppurtunity when he was selected for Drillos squad to play USA [ and Costa Rica — killers of Sweden in last WC for those who remember — my comm. ] later this month . |
| 4 | The affair did not last long , but he got a short story out of it . |
| 5 | He was a loyal member of the Copenhagen school but he displayed a greater flexibility than most in the expression of his understanding . |
| 6 | Blood tests confirmed he had the disease in December 1987 but he kept the tragic secret from his family for more than three years . |
| 7 | The next evening my father was brought home in a German car , but he seemed a broken man . |
| 8 | But he felt no emotional objection to republicanism ; he merely doubted its efficiency . |
| 9 | His father 's family was by now a familiar part of his life , but he felt no particular attachment to any of them . |
| 10 | But he felt a tremendous sense of awe at the invitation to visit the President as an equal . |
| 11 | His teachers at his Plymouth school threw scorn on the idea of going to a redbrick university when he could have chosen Oxford , but he felt a strong pull towards oil engineering and displayed the stubborn streak that was later to characterise his industrial career . |
| 12 | His mother leaned across the seat to squeeze his hand , but he felt an inner coldness towards her and did n't respond . |
| 13 | His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else . |
| 14 | But he told the Legislative Council : ‘ We do recognise that the current uncertain situation can not be allowed to continue for much longer and that we will need to gazette the bill if a decision on talks ca n't be reached imminently . ’ |
| 15 | But he told an Australian newspaper there was ‘ nothing more beautiful ’ than the centre court , adding : ‘ There are unbelievable positives with these strange traditions . ’ |
| 16 | But he said the real reason for the motion was the DUP 's wish to embarrass the Ulster Unionist party and ‘ tweak them back into line . ’ |
| 17 | But he said the young man 's fears that he would fail his exams were almost certainly unfounded . |
| 18 | But he said the main purpose of the Baha'i Faith was to bring people together . |
| 19 | He said he accepted back to prison would cause added distress and punishment , but he said the original sentence did not reflect the gravity of the offence or Haydons bad driving record . |
| 20 | But he said the whole thing |
| 21 | But he said the full programme has had to be reduced because of spending limitations placed on the council 's housing budget . |
| 22 | He knew from prior disasters that the rock presaged bad rapids , but he had no other clue as to what lay ahead . |
| 23 | Vitor might find her easy to talk to , but he had no other interest in her . |
| 24 | Fleming continued to experiment as a bacteriologist with his material , but he had no advanced training in chemistry , and his environment did not throw chemically expert colleagues in his way . |
| 25 | For the next eighteen months , Austen Chamberlain worked behind the scenes to maintain the interests of his party , just as Law had done , but he had no personal sympathy for the diehards or their views , and he made no gestures of conciliation to them . |
| 26 | But he had no precise idea where Adam was and he did not think Adam 's travel agent ( a personal friend of the young Verne-Smiths ) would tell him . |
| 27 | He came into control of the District Underground Railway in 1900 but he had no particular interest in trains or the tracks they run on . |
| 28 | Ford was a decent man , and a kind one , but he had a worrying nervousness that aggravated d'Alembord 's patience . |
| 29 | Mesmerized by the Public Prosecutor 's performance , no one had yet noticed him , but he had a nasty feeling that this was about to change . |
| 30 | His hair was thinning on top but he had a small ponytail at the back . |