Example sentences of "but he [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearing the end , Pip realises that he could find contentment with Biddy but he soon learns that he is too late as she has already found happiness with Joe . |
| 2 | At first , his research was confined to the cosmetic uses of essential oils , but he soon realised that many of these oils had powerful antiseptic properties as well . |
| 3 | But he soon realized that he was leaving himself too little time for all the work he had to complete , and a regular routine of three days in London ( generally from Tuesday to Thursday ) and four days at Shamley Green was established instead . |
| 4 | But he soon learned that such bribes and blandishments would not help his case . |
| 5 | If untouchability were to be regarded as an integral part of the Hindu way of life , Gandhi feels that he would have to cease calling himself a Hindu , but he firmly believes that as an institution it has no sanction within Hinduism . |
| 6 | But he strenuously denied that anything of the sort had been going on anywhere in Europe around the time of the Lockerbie disaster . |
| 7 | But he also said that , after the Chancellor 's Dresden meeting with the East German Prime Minister , Mr Hans Modrow , ‘ relations between the two German states will never be the same again ’ . |
| 8 | But he also said that , with this exception , he intended to act in the spirit of the Ashby Report . |
| 9 | But he also said that dogs did not like to hunt with him at night … |
| 10 | Pressure on the government for military retaliation increased significantly , and Arens confirmed that " we are going to respond even if there is not a single other casualty " , but he also said that Israel would take account of the US , UK and other appeals not to disrupt the anti-Iraq coalition . |
| 11 | But he also said that the immunity of arbitrators was a secondary issue of public policy . |
| 12 | Now the Home Office has said , the Home Secretary rather , has said this year that he 's not granting any more policemen this year , but he also said that if county councils wished to fund more policemen , he would certainly look at that . |
| 13 | But he also recognises that part of his role is to accept the criticism . |
| 14 | ‘ May interest those who are concerned with the laboring man and his problems ’ was the critic 's judgement but he also added that ‘ the trite story , the indifferent performances of the unknown players and the lack of new and interesting situations are an almost insurmountable handicap ’ . |
| 15 | David Mace of Lovell White Durrant said that the company is a client , but he also thought that ‘ the shareholders as a sort of amorphous body are certainly clients … |
| 16 | But it was Eliot who in the end loosened the hold of the " modernists " on English culture — not only did he assert the public role and " social usefulness " of the writer in an almost nineteenth-century manner , but he also announced that the principles he derived from his religious belief were more enduring than literary or critical ones . |
| 17 | In defence of his policies Gorbachev once again talked of the " grim legacy " inherited from past leaderships , but he also admitted that there were " negative processes " which the current party leadership could have foreseen and prevented . |
| 18 | But he also believed that Christian apologetics needed to be explicated in order that their meaning could be made clearer to us . |
| 19 | In 1958 he believed that he was founding a republic that would serve France well for many years to come , but he also believed that in the immediate future his presence was essential to France 's safety and renewal . |
| 20 | But he also noted that Minton 's determination to effect a balance between subject matter and pictorial construction , between heart and head , opened up wide possibilities . |
| 21 | But he also noted that in the light of the extent of fossil fuel burning , deforestation and population growth , " we may need radical and risky geo-engineering schemes to muddle through while we figure out how to cure the problem fundamentally " . |
| 22 | But he also disclosed that the 11 BR employees singled out for specific criticism by the Hidden inquiry would face disciplinary action , ranging from reprimand to suspension or dismissal . |
| 23 | Criticism of the ANC 's militant rhetoric formed part of de Klerk 's Christmas message on Dec. 18 , but he also indicated that he would be convening " constructive and peaceful negotiations " in the New Year . |
| 24 | This theory was elaborated at length by Marx for capitalism but he also assumed that similar phenomena would occur in non-capitalist systems . |
| 25 | Alas , my aquatic love , said another line , and Jaromil knew that the aquatic love was Magda ; but he also knew that nobody else could find her in that line … ’ . |
| 26 | You might have company , " Patrick panted. he knew that they had n't been followed , but he also knew that as soon as his mother discovered that he — that both of them — had gone , the first place she would head for would be Joe Hyde 's flat . |
| 27 | Of course he knew he would hang for the offence , but he also knew that humanity is not an endangered species , and reckoned therefore that twenty-seven ( did you say twenty-eight ? ) |
| 28 | But he also insists that his main task was to deliver the prisoner to the torturers , who were specialists in interrogation with long experience in the service . |
| 29 | But he also felt that he should visit his mother . |
| 30 | But he also realized that the policeman was not a man who trusted easily . |