Example sentences of "but his [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a major retrospective of Alexia Nielson 's paintings , but his wife did not live to see it . |
| 2 | One blue eye swivelled in her direction , but his head did n't move . |
| 3 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |
| 4 | It was n't Creed in the window , after all , it was just some advert for brilliantine , but his heart did n't know the difference and he sat there until it slowed . |
| 5 | But his watch did n't make any attempt at the right label . |
| 6 | But his Mum did n't answer . |
| 7 | But his Mum did n't like it . |
| 8 | But his pride did not allow it . |
| 9 | He tried , but his luck did n't run . |
| 10 | But his daughter did n't reply , her eyes continued to overflow , the ticking carried on overhead , and Colonel Fergusson was duly buried before the year 's end . |
| 11 | He shrugged but his gaze did n't leave hers and somehow she found it impossible to look away , as , instinctively , she knew he was thinking of the moment in the car the night before when he had touched her hand and she had pulled away so sharply . |
| 12 | She looked at Nails doubtfully , wishing he would choose a more restful bed than the floor of the garden shed at St Aloysius 's , but his expression did not encourage sympathy . |
| 13 | Guy 's eyes darkened , but his expression did n't alter . |
| 14 | He left with reluctance ; but his departure did not make conversation any easier . |
| 15 | But his evidence does not read to his discredit nearly so much as to the discredit of the committee . |
| 16 | He may have been smiling , but his tone did n't match the smile . |
| 17 | A bleached patch appeared suddenly around his mouth , but his tone did n't change . |
| 18 | The specialists tried increasingly radical treatments , but his son did not recover . |
| 19 | But his mother did not give him permission to work . |
| 20 | But his mother did not come through so well . |
| 21 | But his mother did n't think that was funny . |
| 22 | But his book did not win any prizes . |
| 23 | But his deckhouse did not appear to be locked . |
| 24 | After Edward 's departure for England in 1274 Tany 's powers and authority as seneschal were carefully defined , but his rule does not appear to have been successful . |
| 25 | But his adaptability did not apply to his tenets , merely to his instinct for self-preservation . |
| 26 | He was lodged , at some expense , in a progressive asylum where he would be looked after by skilled doctors , but his condition did not improve . |
| 27 | It is equally true that Lord Diplock has stated that the normal presumption is that Parliament intends questions of law to be decided by the courts , but his Lordship did not state that this was an irrebuttable presumption . |
| 28 | Edward 's dirty clothes were in a pile beside his bed but his embarrassment did not interest her . |
| 29 | Mozart was no doubt a good Catholic , but his religion did not weigh heavily upon him . |
| 30 | But his talent did not go entirely unnoticed . |