Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh erm let me slow down this bit , erm no it 's twen , oh it is twenty six ninety nine anywhere else , I 've seen it but in Argos , Wi , well William looked in the catalogue on Tuesday for me , but he said it was nineteen ninety nine in Argos |
| 2 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 3 | But he said it was vital that Euro-aid to the North West recognised those places in greatest need . |
| 4 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 5 | had , but he said it were twenty in the end and then he changed his mind at twenty five so |
| 6 | But he said there 's all |
| 7 | But he said he was confident that a new offer by City director Christopher Needler to underwrite an increased overdraft will be accepted by the bank . |
| 8 | But he said he was unable to accept a permanent transfer from stage to the Brandywell turf . |
| 9 | But he knew it was true . |
| 10 | He swore he would never use it , but he wished it were better . |
| 11 | Jones recalled that people were questioning Crawford 's motivation in doing the Havel plays , but he believed it was simple . |
| 12 | The nightmare feels quite different from what he 's seen on TV — but he thinks it is closer to the truth . |
| 13 | Fred often winced when he witnessed his wife 's impudence and guile , but he realised she was right . |
| 14 | She had not yet spoken the words he dreaded , but he sensed they were imminent . |
| 15 | the boys says they all had a good time … one fell into the water but he thought it was excellent fun … |
| 16 | But he accepted it was all part of the deliberate fuzzing that went with G9 . |
| 17 | See Keith was supposed to be coming Wednesday to do a couple of little bits , finish off this conservatory , he 's finished but he says there 's one or two bits he wanted to do . |
| 18 | But he says he is unavailable for New Zealand , at least until the World Cup . |
| 19 | But he says it 's ridiculous . ’ |
| 20 | But he added there was some evidence suggesting it did not arrive before Moscow issued its condemnation of the US action . |
| 21 | But he insists he is happy to fit into coach Giavanni Trappatoni 's team plans . |
| 22 | He does n't understand futures , but he knows they 're bad news . |
| 23 | She was a poor companion — they had nothing in common — but he hated her being absent and was afraid that , one day , a friend of his would come to see him and ask where she was . |
| 24 | But he warned there were potential risks and pitfalls because the new working methods could come as a culture shock . |