Example sentences of "but he [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had made a mess of it . |
| 2 | But he had visited a club . |
| 3 | But he had reached a pitch where he could n't give up . |
| 4 | The likeness was there , Master Harry 's divination had been marvellously guided ; but he had carved a man , and this , after all , was no more than a boy , not yet grown . |
| 5 | He went on talking of peace , but he had become a man who had allowed Britain 's major industry to be decimated and embittered . |
| 6 | Owing to his lack of resources he had always been to some extent a figurehead , but he had become an indispensable one . |
| 7 | But he had received a fax from the Bishop of the Diocese of Europe . |
| 8 | But he had stipulated a single girl , and she 'd assumed he would n't want children . |
| 9 | But he had lit a good coal fire in his bar . |
| 10 | The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security . |
| 11 | Edward had not yet covered himself with military glory , but he had revealed a sureness of political judgement which was to stand him in good stead in the greater military endeavours that he embarked upon in 1337 . |
| 12 | They had met once while on holiday , and not only was Dustin Hoffman a great fan of Sting , but he had written a song which they performed together . |
| 13 | Ballater had , on that visit , thought the place loathsome — it still was — but he had felt a degree of sympathy with her for wanting to stay . |
| 14 | Obviously Edwin had not murdered Francis but he had created a situation in which violence was more likely . |
| 15 | He may have been off colour in the World Cup , but he had set a fine example to others . |
| 16 | He had rescued her in his own way , he had swept away the bitterness and the hurt , but he had added a hurt of his own too . |
| 17 | He had not avoided a strike , which was half his inclination , but he had preserved a reasonably favourable position , both for himself and for resistance . |
| 18 | He had kept his youth and beauty , but he had paid a terrible price for it . |
| 19 | But he had married a greengrocer — a much younger woman — and ‘ retired early ’ partly to help her : ‘ he worked a lot in the house . |
| 20 | Fergus had not been aware of the precise moment when the Lad of the Skins drew his soul from his body with the Knife of Light , but he had known a great coldness , and a sense of desolation , and an abandonment so complete that it had overwhelmed him , and for a time he had scarcely been aware of what was happening . |
| 21 | Korda died in 1956 , but he had sold a series of his films to ABC and , following the presale of London Films ' version of Richard III ( 1955 ) to a US network , had announced plans to develop films for pay-TV . |
| 22 | But he had provided a double failsafe mechanism for himself in case he accidently pressed the wrong key while accessing the code . |
| 23 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 24 | Yeah erm yeah he come in Thursday , he 'd got an headache and er Tuesday but he 'd got an headache , a sore throat and I do n't feel well and I do n't want to go to college , you know , and all this rubbish . |
| 25 | She 'd only been in Dane 's company for a matter of days , but he 'd left a mark on her , a mark it could prove impossible to erase . |
| 26 | And when I saw the landlady there she said that she did have a Mr there but he 'd left a few days ago , did n't know where he 'd got to . |
| 27 | Turner was suspicious of the other man , as he quite rightly should have been ; but he 'd had a whiff of something he especially did n't like , which considering who and what Ray Doyle was , was an amazing mistake to make . |
| 28 | But he has made an exception for Frank . |
| 29 | The ANC has worthy successors to him , but he has become a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle . |
| 30 | It 's a debate Howe understandably does does not want to enter into but he has noticed a similarity between the current team and the Arsenal side he coached to the Double 21 years ago — coincidentally , the same season the Blues won their last major honour , the Cup Winners ' Cup . |