Example sentences of "but [conj] he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 2 | Florence of Worcester [ q.v. ] says Canute sent Edward and his brother Edmund to the Swedish king to be killed , but that he passed them to Hungary , where Edmund died and Edward married Agatha , daughter of the brother of an Emperor Henry . |
| 3 | Fisheries Minister Jan Henry Olsen said a quota would be set after the meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) in Kyoto in May but that he expected it to be in the range of a " few hundred " minke whales a year . |
| 4 | I think that a little bit apprehensive on things like that , and course when he saw Tony asked whether ga , whether he could go and Tony said no , I 'm sorry Doc but that he said I 've got my ponies and things there and I do n't want people shooting there ! |
| 5 | She had dared to hope he felt more than desire , but that he loved her … |
| 6 | Few there be , are there few that be saved , well what does the bible say about this , first of all it teaches abundantly clearly that all may be saved , God is not partial , God has no favourites , he does n't love you more than he loves any body else , he does n't love me more than he loves you or you more than me , he does n't love you more than he loves ah any other racial group or any other ethnic group , he loves us all the same God so loved the world that he gave his only son Jesus Christ , here in his love , not that we love God says the apostle but that he loved us , the old testament profit reminds us that he has loved us with an ever lasting love , who , this was one of the hang ups that the Jewish nation had , they thought that they were the cats whiskers , he chose them , but he in fact did n't love them any more than he loved the , the hitites , the parasites , the gergasites and all the other ites , he loved them all the same , God is not partial in his love because he is love , if there was any body that God did not love he would actually cease to be God because love is not something that , that God does , you and I do it no matter how loving you are , or how loving you think you are , you are not love , you choose to love somebody and you love them , there are times when that love goes very thin sometimes , perhaps because of events that have happened , it can actually come to an end where that love dies , you withdraw your love God ca n't do that , God loves us as we 've said with an eternal love , a love that will go on throughout the endless ages of eternity |
| 7 | It is not a matter of showing that he is entitled to have authority , but that he has it , that he is in authority , with all the consequences which follow from this fact . |
| 8 | So , repression , it 's not that Freud dropped the concept of repression but that he elaborated it and made it much more sophisticated , and the mechanisms of defence are the means , you could say they 're the means by which er repression erm comes about . |
| 9 | ‘ But once he told me that he was n't about to change and that he was likely to be a lifetime philanderer , I saw red and thought , ‘ Screw you ! |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe he does n't know a squeeze play from a loud foul , but once he senses he 's being got at he can be a vicious SOB . ’ |
| 11 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 12 | But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it . |
| 13 | But if he says I 'm sorry , I have n't got the equipment we then have to go outside |
| 14 | But if he does we might get the bad things . |
| 15 | Mr William Gleeson said : ‘ I hope he does n't lose reselection , but if he does I will still vote for him . |
| 16 | I 'll do my best out there — but if he hurts me I 'm going down . ’ |
| 17 | It would be dangerous enough with some space and several tablecloths between their nearly naked bodies , but if he touched her she knew she would be lost . |
| 18 | He did n't really care if she and Nick were happy or not but if he thought they had been happier at Druid 's Bottom than they were at his house , he might stop them going again . |
| 19 | He had tricked her , deliberately let her think that they would be going back to the hotel , but if he thought she was going to meekly go along with his conniving then he was going to be sadly disappointed . |
| 20 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 21 | ‘ Look , Ace is angry enough with me as it is , but if he thought I 'd betray … ’ |
| 22 | Yeah , but if he lends it out he might |
| 23 | Yeah but if he lends it out he 'll |
| 24 | If the hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) would like to intervene , I should be pleased to give way , but if he listens he may learn something . |
| 25 | but if he smiles you put th thumb up in the air |
| 26 | ‘ We are n't saying we agree with what he 's done but if he knew we were there and we loved him it would have come out differently . |
| 27 | I do n't know what line Peter gave you , but if he told you far-fetched stories about his inheritance he omitted one thing . |
| 28 | Having to retire early was a shock — but if he felt he could be useful … ’ |
| 29 | She should deal with his questions truthfully , but if he asked her anything of a personal nature she must decline to answer . |
| 30 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |