Example sentences of "but he [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know what he is waving about , but he ought to read it before he does so . |
| 2 | But he would give her anything then but it were like the doctor said it was too late . |
| 3 | On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information . |
| 4 | He would complain as loudly as he would in the midst of a ‘ Carry On ’ situation , and he would talk about it endlessly , but he would do it . |
| 5 | But he would do it ! |
| 6 | The fruit was still not in his grasp , but he would reach it , he would tend the tree that bore it , he would plant more from its magical pits and seeds . |
| 7 | She was four years older than Jessie but he would treat them both alike . |
| 8 | It was n't , but he would know what she meant . |
| 9 | Alice said , " But he would know he would n't have to pay them , would n't he . " |
| 10 | It might be a dangerous feeling , but he would see it was dangerous only to him and not to the girl . |
| 11 | I mean , Terry is n't mean or greedy or anything like that but he would see it as a sort of bonanza , a jackpot … |
| 12 | Later , he would be revenged upon them all , but he would take them individually , one at a time , when they were unprepared . |
| 13 | He said Hywel could take the dogs in the van but he would take her in her pretty frock in his clean car . |
| 14 | But he would have her , in the end . |
| 15 | But he would have nothing of Jim 's gloom . |
| 16 | He knew , he said , that he was just an ordinary farmer 's son and she was a famous Beauty , known the county over , never a word spoken against her even by the men who bivouacked up in the fells — but he would have no-one else and would wait just as long as she told him to . |
| 17 | Nora and Mrs. Jarrett protested but he would have none of it : Everyone must come . |
| 18 | But he would have his way . |
| 19 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 20 | But he would deny her the simple comfort of being a presence in the apartment , she reflected savagely . |
| 21 | He would fight for anything whatever , but he would sell everything that was worth fighting for . ’ |
| 22 | He would still be state president , but he would lose his real power base . |
| 23 | Which would make it a crime passionnel , and therefore deserving of compassion ; but he would get none . |
| 24 | I do n't know , but he may tell you more than I can . |
| 25 | Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match . |
| 26 | The trustee is to chair meetings of the committee , but he may nominate someone else to stand in for him and that person must either be an employee of his experienced in insolvency matters or another qualified insolvency practitioner ( r 6.154 ) . |
| 27 | Vietnam 's withdrawal is the best opportunity he will have to lead his country once more , but he may botch it by taking one political twist too many . |
| 28 | I do n't just mean that He has to remove me — but He may use it . |
| 29 | But he may find his new sporting pursuits bunkered by some retirement activity he had n't planned on . |
| 30 | He is shaking his head and pleading not guilty , but he may know something about its origins . |