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

No	Sentence
1	A complaint from George er in the pre-packs this morning , reference er going through the U V A. Apparently , I do n't understand this but he says it 's wearing out erm belts at a cost of a hundred and forty a pair every fortnight .
2	I indicated that Bunny 's glass was empty but he shook his head .
3	‘ He can swim long distances , mostly one-sided but he manages it , and he adores it .
4	He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there .
5	Other factors included the fact that the liberal-nationalist unification movement looked to Prussia as the natural leader of Germany : the Frankfurt Assembly offered the King of Prussia the imperial crown in 1849 but he rejected it , disliking their excessive parliamentary vision for the new Germany .
6	Nick looked bored but he licked his forefinger and drew it across his throat .
7	The shop was dimly lit and cluttered but he found his way to the front door which was bolted ; Alfred had not left and could not return that way .
8	Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds
9	And so the very next day Helen told us of a night time that he was gon na stay and early in the morning he come back door with some papers and I said oh take well it never comes to more than six pound ninety or seven pound fifty but he calls it .
10	‘ He could have blamed this and that but he said we deserved it .
11	Middleton did not want any of that but he said he would go and talk to his crew .
12	He was unhappy but he felt he had at last sorted his life out .
13	Laidlaw 's hand was on his P220 automatic but he knew he could n't fire it , no matter how hard he tried .
14	‘ We checked his clothes for bloodstains … there were n't many but he told me to wash his shirt and handkerchief while he had a shower .
15	The poor guy really had it rough but he took it all quite well . ’
16	These tensions were held in check by Edward IV but he did nothing to resolve them , and after his death they erupted into the faction struggle which cost Edward V his throne .
17	These tensions were held in check by Edward IV but he did nothing to resolve them , and after his death they erupted into the faction struggle which cost Edward V his throne .
18	In February and March it was hard going out almost nightly but he liked it and Joan got to know the wives and children of the clergy .
19	Well if he 's not busy but he said he might go fishing .
20	‘ He ca n't work because he is disabled but he does his best for us and makes sure we have everything we need . ’
21	‘ He ca n't work because he is disabled but he does his best for us and makes sure we have everything we need . ’
22	Now , I was dirty and unshaven but he recognised me .
23	‘ I was shocked but he told me it was inevitable .
24	I had built him up to play it right to the heart of the green but he played it like a nervous three handicapper .
25	Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort .
26	I remember being very excited by his round but he took it all calmly , quietening me down .
27	Columbus knew that the world was round but he thought it was much smaller than it really is .
28	It was smooth and round but he carried it like a sack .
29	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 ! ’ ) .
30	In his case , not only did the uncovered secret last but he sold it to Life magazine for what was in 1955 the veritable king 's ransom of $25,000 .