Example sentences of "but he [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Institute could attempt to set up such a figure , but he would face considerable difficulties . |
| 2 | Yes … but he would do this one last thing before he slept . |
| 3 | The face in the picture would grow old and ugly and unkind , but he would stay beautiful for ever . |
| 4 | ‘ But he 'll make such a mess , ’ wailed Denise . |
| 5 | ‘ But he 'll make sure the next wench he fancies is n't another man 's property . |
| 6 | ‘ He was carrying a lot of condition , but he 'll look hungry at Kempton , ’ he added . |
| 7 | Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph , but he might make more friends if he did n't always insist on making such a meal of it . |
| 8 | ‘ But … but he might get angry with you , Mammy . |
| 9 | But he might have some ideas . ’ |
| 10 | But he 'd shift one of us . |
| 11 | But he 'd become depressed about his exams and could n't concentrate on his work . |
| 12 | ‘ He has played out of his skin twice now but he will admit that one-day internationals are a different game to Tests . |
| 13 | Heaven knows whether he has it in him to take on the legacy of Melvyn Bragg in the 21st century , but he will give Artrageous ! the hip image a youth-oriented arts programme needs to convey . |
| 14 | But he will think long and hard before he again takes on the United board . |
| 15 | The superior will exact responsibility from the subordinate for the authority delegated but he will remain responsible himself too . |
| 16 | Lewis , 54 , is chairman of Glamorgan but he will quit that job next week . |
| 17 | We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He 's pretty straightforward most of the time , but he will nip darned hard when you 're tacking up and mean it ! |
| 19 | We ca n't see much in this dark gulley , but he can feel that barrel . |
| 20 | Unless there is a specific provision about this in the expert clause ( see 8.15.10 ) , the expert will have less authority to impose disclosure on an unwilling party : but he can draw adverse inferences from the failure to disclose . |
| 21 | But he can do this : he considers the petition , or Bill , as it is called ; if he thinks there is anything in the case , he issues a writ which requires the person complained against to appear , not in a Common Law Court , but before himself , and answer the petition on oath . |
| 22 | Or main meals , no but he can have that on the twenty five he need n't give me anything extra for that . |
| 23 | These sort of facts are hardly likely to give Graham any festive cheer , but he can find some solace by taking a swift glance at last season 's results . |
| 24 | But he could handle that . |
| 25 | The right of subscribers to recommend patients was determined strictly in accordance with the amount of their subscriptions ; for example , no subscriber of less than 2 guineas annually could recommend an in-patient , but he could send one out-patient within the year . |
| 26 | Undaunted Mountbatten battled on , but he could do little to prevent the fait accompli that led eventually to Dien Bien Phu . |
| 27 | But he could do little for them ; and now he is gone . ’ |
| 28 | But he could justify this because there were other Scots besides Elder , drawn from the ranks of the leading politicians , who gave him the same message . |
| 29 | He was n't able to remember many details , but he could remember that feeling , the sickening slump of the heart that was Sunday in his boyhood , a day his parents kept holy with somnolence , dullness and decorum . |
| 30 | He could n't remember what he had done with his bike when he got to the Fletchers ' , left it there and collected it next day perhaps , but he could remember most of the rest of it . |