Example sentences of "but he [adv] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier Sir Bryan 's office had been forced to withdraw an announcement about the shutdown decision because of the legal challenge , but he later issued the formal order to British Telecom to pull the plug . |
| 2 | But he soon became the keenest and most enlightened Italian expounder of the Council , and wrote a pastoral letter for Lent 1962 , Pensiamo al Concilio ( Let's think about the Council ) , that learnedly explains to the Milanese what is going to happen . |
| 3 | His early cars were the smaller Brescia Bugattis which had pear-shaped radiator , but he soon developed the horseshoe-shaped radiator which became the Bugatti trademark . |
| 4 | He believed that the threat was temporary and held that , if nobles took a broad view , their prospects were good , but he also sensed the extreme urgency of the state 's need to foster entrepreneurial activity . |
| 5 | But he also noted the occasional whiff of nostalgia as he contemplated the ‘ what-might-have-been ’ as far as classical theatre was concerned . |
| 6 | But he also saw the tiny smile she had , that serene look when she came home from six o'clock mass every morning . |
| 7 | But he also followed the normal practice of Greek historians in treating an army at war as something independent of the political organization which had created it . |
| 8 | ‘ Having differently coloured eyes is rare enough but he also had the distinctive physique of a bodybuilder , ’ Rust said , cutting in across Kolchinsky 's words . |
| 9 | Archer urged readers to leave matters in God 's hands , but he also predicted the imminent overthrow of earthly kings ; the revolutionary implications were obvious to many contemporaries , including the Fifth Monarchists . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose , ' ’ Rab said , but he hardly felt the better ; not , with hobo drinkers , they looked at him and the tattooed barman called him Stick . |
| 11 | But he then swung the other way , especially once he discovered that the appointment of a new British prime minister was a possibility . |
| 12 | His handsomeness was a little battered now , but he still had the wolfish look she remembered from years ago — long face , strong jaw , broad brow ; his mouth was full and slightly lopsided , which gave him a crooked grin . |
| 13 | Charles was in Australia when this particular bomb dropped , but he still felt the full effect of the fall-out . |
| 14 | But he still made the best of his big moment by bounding on to the podium to collect his medal after the official ceremony was over . |
| 15 | But he always rated the young — the leaders and citizens of tomorrow — as the main target . |
| 16 | But he never received the second call to Covent Garden for which he longed . |
| 17 | He was England 's match-winning bowler against the West Indies here a year ago but he never got the same bite and purchase yesterday . |