Example sentences of "but [adv] he [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 2 | But perhaps he was doing it to save me ? |
| 3 | I do n't know how he got in the house but suddenly he was knocking on your door . |
| 4 | But soon he was leaning against a pillar , completely out of breath . |
| 5 | The first time he had to include his brother 's name in an anecdote , his voice hardened a little , but soon he was talking much more easily , telling her of picnics and expeditions and even fights they had had with each other and with the Italian sons of their mother 's friends and relations . |
| 6 | But already he was sweeping past her , heading for the door , quite unaware of her inner anguish . |
| 7 | They had removed him from the stifling atmosphere of the Court , but already he was finding that Civil Service protocol could be just as oppressive . |
| 8 | He 's a builder fair enough but nevertheless he 's doing a good job . |
| 9 | He was already feeling ill by Christmas , but nevertheless he was writing extraordinarily rapidly and by 1 January 1941 he sent a first draft of the poem , tentatively entitled " Dry Salvages " , to John Hayward . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State may try to dodge the issue but tonight he is asking us to allow him and British Coal to pay for the top-of-the-range redundancy levels which the interim report from Rothschild urges as a necessary prerequisite for privatisation — |
| 11 | As a Cheltenham magistrate Cranog Jones has sat in judgement of many but tonight he 's waiting for a jury to delever it 's verdict on him . |
| 12 | Wearing the boots she was taller , but still he was looking down on her . |
| 13 | ‘ I moved over from our house in Nimes with Raphael after Eric but now he is going to Manchester we 're staying here to live . |
| 14 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 15 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 16 | But now he is battling back and using a comb again . |
| 17 | Walter 's managed to get the hold that he needs , but now he 's tugging and nothing 's happening . |
| 18 | But now he 's preparing for an even more nerve-wracking experience — the birth of their first child later this summer . |
| 19 | But now he 's showing definite signs of not thinking you are made of wood I 'm quite happy to stop taking violent umbrage and to start liking him . |
| 20 | But now he 's selling up his 28 tractors and 150 other pieces of bygone farm tackle . |
| 21 | But now he was using it to draw out their other piece of essential winter equipment . |
| 22 | He had been bemused at first by the scraps of peripheral information the Brigadier periodically tossed them with the air of someone indulging an already overfed dog , but now he was beginning to understand . |
| 23 | But now he was beginning to feel sorry for himself . |
| 24 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 25 | But now he was capitalising upon his long and patient preparation . |
| 26 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 27 | He had never seen Nails before as other than a surly , rude boy , but now he was smiling and looked light-headed . |
| 28 | For the first couple of days he 'd used it to shave and wash but now he was finding it too icy . |
| 29 | He rushed to attack me , but now he was fighting with a desperate girl . |
| 30 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |