Example sentences of "but he [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley is not the world 's fastest passer , but he is a durable warrior , a highly intelligent and brave footballer who could be just the man for the All Blacks . |
| 2 | But he is a new bishop . |
| 3 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 4 | ‘ But he is a good player , though . |
| 5 | ‘ He has his faults , but he is a good man . ’ |
| 6 | Mike Hall does not excite superlatives , but he is a good , accurate tackler and , they reckon in Cardiff , not without a measure of penetration when coming off his left foot . |
| 7 | But he is a major golf sponsor , and he 's known Jefferson for years . |
| 8 | But he is a keen cricket fan . |
| 9 | ‘ But he is a professional and you 've got to be able to walk away from situations . |
| 10 | ‘ But he is a brilliant photographer . |
| 11 | He may not look it , but he is a smooth operator . |
| 12 | But there again , not everyone cares to lead from the front , like Thatcher.He may lack his own philosophy , but he is a shrewd party manager . |
| 13 | Turpin is no monk , but he is a Christian bishop : not only is he , as a feudal lord , a part of the military hierarchy of Charlemagne 's realm , but he represents the unity of all segments of Christendom in the fight against the infidel . |
| 14 | Mr Etyang said : ‘ Professor Gresham may be an eminent pathologist in the UK , but he is a human being — could he have made a mistake ? |
| 15 | Robinson may not have the stature , but he is a magnificent player with great footballing skills and enough versatility to be included . |
| 16 | General Winter may have repelled invaders from Napoleon to Hitler , but he is a domestic tyrant from whom successive regimes have sought to escape by pushing south to more friendly climes and warm-water ports . |
| 17 | It could not have been written if the " eagles " who are our modern gurus had not shown the path from altitude ; Lecercle calls himself , by contrast , a " centipede " grubbing about among tiny linguistic details , but he is a sensible and humorous centipede where some of the great eagles — the thinkers who have brought about the famous Copernican Revolution of Structuralism and Since — have been impenetrable or extremist . |
| 18 | But he is a natural storyteller , and he has several of Levi 's other gifts : he is honest and brave , and what he noticed , and therefore remembers , is not himself but other people . |
| 19 | But he is a fine man . " |
| 20 | But he is a rarer bird — a composer who can talk about his music and with words , sketch the remarkable individual sound world which he has created , and which he changes with every new work . |
| 21 | As for Kristofferson , his voice is barely serviceable , but he is a valuable presence in this quartet of songwriters , not least because the songs he brought to Nashville in the Sixties reconnected country with the street . |
| 22 | But he 's a rare breed and the lack of retained firefighters is leading to worrying delays for Oxfordshire 's fire service . |
| 23 | ‘ Fernand has been badly traumatised , but he 's a gentle soul and would n't lay a finger on anyone , ’ Melissa insisted . |
| 24 | I do n't like him , but he 's a cynical bastard and wo n't be taken in by the likes of Buckmaster . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Peace be to Lieutenant Denholm but he 's a civilian electronics specialist who 's come out to fix some abstruse electronic fault that only he can fix . |
| 26 | But he 's , yeah but he 's a right prick . |
| 27 | I know he 's not exactly God 's gift to forensic science , but he 's a conscientious plodder and you 're not going to stimulate either his brain or his speed by bullying the poor little beast . |
| 28 | Keith may be the world 's only specialist stick-maker , but he 's a strong believer in multi-skilling . |
| 29 | I know he mucks about a bit , but he 's a good lad really . |
| 30 | But he 's a good man and he will be in heaven . |