Example sentences of "[adv] but he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 After several hours Matron managed to calm him down but he left her in a terrible mood .
2 so he said well that 's you down but he said he wanted to cut them back .
3 Mother Bombie motioned him to keep his voice down but he ignored her .
4 So but he thinks I 've got away with it but the pus in my mouth right now
5 The cart was only a few feet away but he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards it .
6 She struggled to get away but he pulled her towards him , laughing down at her .
7 She went to turn away but he caught her .
8 She moved skittishly but he steadied her , using his feet .
9 Tommy Mooney should have done better just before half time after going through but he rushed his shot and failed to even hit the target .
10 Same all through but he wants he wants , he wants carpet down .
11 I 'm just but he needs it .
12 ‘ He says he ca n't remember exactly but he thinks he may have tried to pull out the knife .
13 He visits elsewhere but he leaves me my dreaming space .
14 Shiva smiled sadly and asked why not but he knew he was being unfair to Adam as well as to himself .
15 I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told .
16 and I said well I want it on but he said you 'll have to go for this .
17 he was tired , he 's got this cold coming on but he said you can be in here so long but after a while you feel as though you 've got to come out , you need to get out !
18 She lay awake until he came up but he passed their door without stopping and she heard his door close and the jangle of springs through the wall as he sat on the bed to take his boots off .
19 A Scottish solicitor , George Hann , told the charity it might be being set up but he believes it reacted too slowly and as a result the fraudsters were able to escape .
20 yes , it was in a bloody scrap yard and this Jack come to me we had he had mentioned it before but he said we said we 're not bothered , you know , he wo n't er that was in there .
21 He said you can drill it out but he said you oh aye your the thread gets damaged and the seating
22 Dr Teller did n't claim there was much sign of that happening now but he thought it could , an act of faith pretty much , one thought , unsupported by history .
23 And he I ca n't remember what it was now but he told us and erm a couple of days later he says erm when we went out he said what do you fancy tonight ?
24 He came back but he forgave her .
25 I was afraid I would have to move when Alan came back but he wanted someone to keep house for him so it worked out very well . ’
26 There was a vogue for bidets in California some years ago but he thinks they are primarily symbolic as jacuzzis have become .
27 Luiza and Freddi were there but he knew they would be hopeless .
28 They picked him up there but he shook them off . ’
29 ‘ I did n't ask Oliver either but he told me Ayling delivered a letter to you .
30 She called him again but he ignored her .
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