Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | has n't been , he 's been even more desperate than to get a goal , but he got one on twenty one . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But he said nothing for 24 hours and later , in a panic , sent police in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | But he said nothing at all . |
| 5 | Marguerite 's rush of words almost drowned out Alain 's harsh intake of breath , but he said nothing at all as Marguerite went on , ‘ Now I know why you could not stay longer . |
| 6 | She looked up into the haughty face but he said nothing at all . |
| 7 | Like his wife , he had heard her voice change when she had spoken Dr Neil 's name , but he said nothing of that . |
| 8 | But he said nothing of this , merely noted down her address , sighed a little at it , and made his latest recruit promise to visit him once a week with her piece . |
| 9 | I think it was the old Gladding Masters match , he did n't win it ( Pete Palmer did ) , but he had plenty of big names behind him ( I think the editor might have been one of them ) and showed why he must have been greatly feared in his prime . |
| 10 | They complied , but he blew his up harder until it outswelled the rest . |
| 11 | But he quieted her with gentle lips , untangled their limbs and they stood up , pressed into each other . |
| 12 | She was tall for a woman , but he topped her by several inches , forcing her to look up at him . |
| 13 | Tithonus asked for immortality but he expresses it in such a way that one feels sad for him . |
| 14 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |
| 15 | He was a different type of skater but he did plenty of modern lip stuff including backside smith stop to fakie , and much other to-fakie weirdness . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness . |
| 19 | He was most terribly afraid of the ferret , but he loved it with all his heart . |
| 20 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 21 | His first plan of revenge fails but he follows them to ancient Egypt , where they are joined by the Daleks and Mavic Chen , who know their Core was a fake . |
| 22 | 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 " . |