Example sentences of "but he [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 2 | But he is leaking another message that he is not confident he has succeeded . |
| 3 | SUPER SAVER DAVID JAMES may have made a few mistakes but he is learning all the time , says Liverpool boss Graeme Souness ( inset ) . |
| 4 | Now neuro-surgeon Mr Nath is intending to take part in a cross country half marathon on the North Yorks Moors in July but he is hoping local clubs and societies will also join in his fundraising push . |
| 5 | But he is taking one major step forward today , and that is a step towards the cliff of political oblivion for the Conservative party in Scotland . |
| 6 | But he is giving fearless leadership in his deeply-troubled area , to both black and white . |
| 7 | But he is accorded some sort of grudging acceptance by ‘ James , the brother of the Lord ’ , who dispatches him to Tarsus , to preach there . |
| 8 | A bratpacker with brains , Broderick co-stars with Marlon Brando in The Freshman this month — but he 's getting tired of talking about it |
| 9 | I need , I need to have to give , I know how we feel but he 's getting older |
| 10 | He ought to know you himself , of course , but he 's getting old . |
| 11 | ‘ But he 's followed all the rules since he was given political asylum and I think he should be allowed to compete as an individual . ’ |
| 12 | There was also a possibility that he was blind and deaf , but he 's proving that 's not the case . |
| 13 | ‘ Everybody marvelled at Clive 's goal in the replay against Chester but he 's scored 11 goals this season and 10 of them have been screamers like that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Graham has made it perfectly clear he does n't want to go to the West Indies next winter — but he 's said those sort of things before about touring and has ended up going . ’ |
| 15 | Lee Benfield says he 's never skied on snow before but he 's enjoying this and is looking forward to having a go on the real thing |
| 16 | The doctor gave him a sedative this morning but he 's spent most of the day slumped in front of the box . ’ |
| 17 | But he 's shooting some pretty piercing glances around , I tell you . |
| 18 | I could really go for him in a big way , but he 's going steady with the staff nurse on Rainbow . |
| 19 | But he 's forgotten one thing . |
| 20 | He is my oldest friend , and it was his wedding , but he was looking mogadonic with self-satisfaction , so I purloined the camera and announced that what the wedding album needed were a few art shots . |
| 21 | But he was looking worried . |
| 22 | ‘ We could share the car , it would be cheaper , ’ he said , but he was looking doubtful now . |
| 23 | He moved around France quite a lot , and not only was he a soldier , but he was writing comic operas and operas , and musicals and so on , and some of his work was pro produced and performed at the Opera Comic , in in France . |
| 24 | Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid . |
| 25 | He had shouted that he was a reporter but he was struck several blows on the head and shoved into the police tender . |
| 26 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia has yet to scrape his elbows on a 500 but he was getting close at Eastern Creek . |
| 27 | It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make . |
| 28 | But he was saved 12 hours later by fell rescuers who started a search after they found the man 's abandoned car . |
| 29 | Chambers added a penalty goal for Banbridge after 15 minutes but Bangor were now well in control and Jeffrey McMaster almost got his name on the score sheet following a run down the left wing but he was stopped short and hooker Darryl Flanagan was up quickly for the try which Strutt converted . |
| 30 | But in 1925 he did overthrow the Cadgers. he had considered creating a republic , but he was persuaded many of the leading clergy that the monarchy should be preserved . |