Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 2 | They complied , but he blew his up harder until it outswelled the rest . |
| 3 | But he quieted her with gentle lips , untangled their limbs and they stood up , pressed into each other . |
| 4 | She was tall for a woman , but he topped her by several inches , forcing her to look up at him . |
| 5 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 6 | ‘ There was very little he could do about the horrendous injuries Cooper suffered in his two fights against Ali , but he saved him on countless other occasions with his quick , methodical work . ’ |
| 7 | He was most terribly afraid of the ferret , but he loved it with all his heart . |
| 8 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 9 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |