Example sentences of "but in [adj] [noun] he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long , lean man with an ascetic face , he looked the celibate monk he had always been , but in private conversation he was unpompous , outgoing , witty . |
| 2 | But in remote Kazakhstan he 's finally spotted the last one on his list . |
| 3 | But in that time he was credited with the discovery of three rarities the spring gentian , the mountain avens and the bog orchid , which was then lost again and only recently rediscovered . |
| 4 | Always excellent on that yes , he 's a toad in some ways but in other ways he 's very good . |
| 5 | Merceron was not reappointed as a justice of the peace , but in other respects he was as much in control ( either directly or through his brother-in-law , who became vestry clerk ) as he had been before 1809 . |
| 6 | The origins of Osiris are shrouded in mystery but in early times he was a fertility god , whose death and rebirth were connected with the cycle of the agricultural year . |
| 7 | Connolly 's observation is often taken to confirm him as a better judge of literature than of politics , but in many ways he was remarkably prescient : Home was indeed ‘ honourably ineligible ’ for the new age which was dawning in the Tory party . |
| 8 | As in scene five , Anderson risks a loss of positive face , but in this instance he is not under an obligation to take a turn . |
| 9 | He has not read it yet , but in any case he is wrong . |