Example sentences of "but [subord] he [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was put clean through by Ray Houghton in the 68th minute , rounded goalkeeper Bryan Gunn but although he steadied himself to convert from only six yards , he somehow failed to even hit the target . |
| 2 | But if he had nothing to do with the kidnapping of that girl it seemed to be too much of a coincidence that he should have appeared just then . |
| 3 | He did n't really care if she and Nick were happy or not but if he thought they had been happier at Druid 's Bottom than they were at his house , he might stop them going again . |
| 4 | but if he smiles you put th thumb up in the air |
| 5 | But if he did he gave no sign . |
| 6 | Er the Director of Transportation recognises that , it was said that he 's happy to await the outcome of liberations by that er District Council and that 's what the Conservative group has suggested that we do but if he wants you to recognise that every policy has to be accepted , the way in which they have performed time and decided to be addressed by my members of of all parties and therefore I urge you to support the Conservative resolutions I now put forward . |
| 7 | That he was so successful was not because his dancers were technical experts , but because he made them feel Rachmaninov 's passionate love of ‘ music as movement ’ . |
| 8 | Furthermore , Morgan was interested in the patterns which kinship terms create , not just for themselves , but because he believed they reflected the system of marriage with which they had originally been used . |
| 9 | He wrote not to tell her this nor to send her any kind of greeting but because he wanted her to do something for him . |
| 10 | Picking her way through the guests , she eventually found him talking to Edward , but when he saw her approaching he left his host and came to meet her . |
| 11 | But when he saw us running towards him , he shouted something to the driver , and the taxi drove off quickly down the road . |
| 12 | She lay in her room and waited for him , and when he came I did not listen , but when he left I heard . |
| 13 | But when he drank he lost himself somehow . ’ |
| 14 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 15 | But when he heard what had happened that morning his face darkened and he turned angrily on Sam . |
| 16 | But when he thought he had reached the peak of his misery and was regretting ever coming to this place the rain started to slow and ease off . |
| 17 | But when he lets me switch it on |
| 18 | At two o'clock in the morning the doctor gave him a sedative and he went into a deep sleep , but when he awoke he did not speak to anyone , and the police found great difficulty in questioning him too . |
| 19 | He bought a quantity believing they were Ecstasy , but when he tried them found that they were another drug altogether . |
| 20 | But when he talked he looked the same as he had always done ; eager , intent , screwing up his boneless nose , gesturing with broad , stubby-fingered hands . |
| 21 | But when he did they showed no interest at all , they just said the officer concerned was not there . |
| 22 | But when he did nothing to help them and they were defeated by troops loyal to Saddam , they decided the West no longer supported them . |
| 23 | As the years went by , Dexter saw the look less frequently but when he did it irked him as much as ever . |
| 24 | He did n't say much , but when he did it knocked you off your feet . |
| 25 | Nicholas 's voice checked him for a moment but when he turned he saw that the taxi driver was out of the cab and attempting to restrain him . |
| 26 | He was just a hat and a cloak levitating in the grey plume of his own breath , but when he called we came . |
| 27 | He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were . |
| 28 | He secured two admission tickets but when he arrived he found they were only good for the front doors where ‘ already hundreds were waiting ’ . |
| 29 | But as he left I caught his hang-dog stare |
| 30 | At first he was shocked into admiration but as he waited he looked more carefully at the dark wood of the large , ugly pieces of furniture , the thick embossing on the pale yellow wallpaper and the heaviness of the dark brown velvet curtains . |