Example sentences of "but he [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he offers a brilliant rendering of Do n't Put Your Daughter On The Stage , Mrs Worthington rising to heights of boiling , brick-red rage on ‘ She 's a vile girl and uglier than mortal sin . ’ |
| 2 | But he discounts the German raid theory and thinks there was a British chemical warfare experiment which went wrong . |
| 3 | Mr Lilley says his changes would save about £180m in 1995–96 but he tells the Prime Minister that Mr Portillo wants him to go further in reducing spending . |
| 4 | But he lacks a solid party organisation . |
| 5 | The rural culture of New South Wales has changed dramatically since Mr Murray was a boy , but he harbours no easy nostalgia for the ways of the past . |
| 6 | But he displays the same choosiness in this area too : ‘ I find most of the things on television are pretty repetitive . |
| 7 | But he rejects the popular belief that information about the city 's blitz was suppressed to avoid damaging civilian morale . |
| 8 | Whether Hastings is invited to take on the role of Scottish captain is for the future , but he acknowledges the good fortune he has enjoyed in playing under such inspiring leadership : ‘ You only need to look at the names of players who have captained Scotland to be aware of the tremendous honour it represents . |
| 9 | Moscato , the son of an immigrant from Calabria , was born in Paris in July 1967 , but he retains the hard-bitten philosophy of his peasant forebears ; ‘ Men and boys are aggressive ’ , says Moscato . |
| 10 | ‘ But he likes the long school holidays ! ’ said Tony . |
| 11 | His climbing days were cut short in 1957 when he caught polio in the Himalayas , but he remains a dedicated walker and has since served as President of the Alpine Club and on the Mount Everest Foundation . |
| 12 | But he represents a different style of monarchy , a different style of man from perhaps Prince Andrew , who might have made a much more typical Windsor king . |
| 13 | There 's nothing wrong with them as such but he says the real satisfaction is n't to be found in them , it 's within you . |
| 14 | Preparing for donkey work Bishop Sessford , right , may be at the centre of controversy over the ordination of women but he plans a quiet life when he retires , writes Tom Morton |
| 15 | A single Goblin can continue to use the huge prodder to keep back the Squigs and fight , but he loses the +1 strength bonus as the prodder is exceptionally unwieldy . |
| 16 | But he witnesses a growing determination among some tenants to fight back against their landlords ' dubious practices . |
| 17 | Reuters ' managing director of Instinet UK , Bryan Cavill , agrees that bigger and more creative deals need the human touch , but he believes the lower cost , speed and transparency of automated trading will in time capture a good chunk of the market . |
| 18 | He 's not a bad man , but he has a violent temper . |
| 19 | He tired late on , but he has a great future . |
| 20 | He does n't find writing ( and he certainly does n't find spelling ) easy , but he has a great need to tell his story . |
| 21 | But he has a great image , a way to get through to people . |
| 22 | He seems to be enjoying it , but he has a weak chest and really he should n't be out on cold winter afternoons . |
| 23 | But he has a nice face , and very beautiful dark eyes . |
| 24 | For much the same reason , you should never write a sentence like : ‘ B can argue that … but the argument will fail , ’ or ‘ B has committed such-and-such a crime , but he has a good defence . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't want to say he 's chauvinistic but he has a traditional view of women . ’ |
| 26 | But he has a definite style of his own . |
| 27 | But he has a new power , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 28 | He might have added : But he has a long memory for those that let him down . |
| 29 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 30 | Milosevic carries with him a great charge of evil , but he has a limited mind ; but precisely because he has a limited mind , he was very impressed by that Academy document . |