Example sentences of "but he [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he offers a brilliant rendering of Do n't Put Your Daughter On The Stage , Mrs Worthington rising to heights of boiling , brick-red rage on ‘ She 's a vile girl and uglier than mortal sin . ’ |
| 2 | But he lacks a solid party organisation . |
| 3 | Sir William Scarlett is a master of that craft … among masters ; but he acknowledges a better , ’ And then abruptly : ‘ How many set upon me ? ’ |
| 4 | His climbing days were cut short in 1957 when he caught polio in the Himalayas , but he remains a dedicated walker and has since served as President of the Alpine Club and on the Mount Everest Foundation . |
| 5 | But he represents a different style of monarchy , a different style of man from perhaps Prince Andrew , who might have made a much more typical Windsor king . |
| 6 | Preparing for donkey work Bishop Sessford , right , may be at the centre of controversy over the ordination of women but he plans a quiet life when he retires , writes Tom Morton |
| 7 | Mosca , like Pareto , is concerned to demolish democratic illusions about the altruism of the elite , but he recognises a positive dynamic relationship between rulers and ruled , and implies that the elite has an ideological function in that it expresses in a coherent rationalising way the moral unity of society through the rule of law . |
| 8 | But he witnesses a growing determination among some tenants to fight back against their landlords ' dubious practices . |
| 9 | He 's not a bad man , but he has a violent temper . |
| 10 | He does n't find writing ( and he certainly does n't find spelling ) easy , but he has a great need to tell his story . |
| 11 | He tired late on , but he has a great future . |
| 12 | But he has a great image , a way to get through to people . |
| 13 | He seems to be enjoying it , but he has a weak chest and really he should n't be out on cold winter afternoons . |
| 14 | But he has a nice face , and very beautiful dark eyes . |
| 15 | For much the same reason , you should never write a sentence like : ‘ B can argue that … but the argument will fail , ’ or ‘ B has committed such-and-such a crime , but he has a good defence . ’ |
| 16 | But he has a good Christian upbringing and outlook . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't want to say he 's chauvinistic but he has a traditional view of women . ’ |
| 18 | But he has a definite style of his own . |
| 19 | But he has a new power , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 20 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 21 | He might have added : But he has a long memory for those that let him down . |
| 22 | Milosevic carries with him a great charge of evil , but he has a limited mind ; but precisely because he has a limited mind , he was very impressed by that Academy document . |
| 23 | But he has a separate toilet . |
| 24 | But he has a radical solution in mind . |
| 25 | ‘ He ca n't phone the bank , but he has a passive knowledge . |
| 26 | Robert Jones may have been overshadowed on the day by Morris , but he has a lovely service and covers with tireless courage . |
| 27 | He 's quite plump and I suppose quite elderly , but he has a wonderful mind . |
| 28 | I do n't know what the financial arrangements are but he has a double role , he attends the classes but he also does spinal manipulation and massage for those of Brand 's clients who need it or say they do . ’ |
| 29 | He exaggerates when he speaks of a ‘ deafening silence , from historians on the land question , but he makes a strong case for placing the land issue near the centre of any sound historical analysis of the period . |
| 30 | But he makes a lively film and he will be heard of again . |