Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But luckily he kept his distance and never quite found the courage to have a go at her . |
| 2 | It was fear that locked his tongue , but mercifully he mistook it for pride , so its bitterness did not poison him . |
| 3 | But eventually he found one that was almost empty with tall arch windows and broken tiles about the floor . |
| 4 | And when you think of a man earning about at the most two pounds ten shillings a week , one and sixpence was quite a sizable amount out of it , but eventually he paid it all off . |
| 5 | For a fearful second she thought he was going to strike Steve but slowly he lifted his hand to reach out in greeting , not to deliver a blow . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 7 | For Adrian Hop there 's nothing that can ease the pain of the loss of his daughter but perhaps he says she wo n't have died in vain . |
| 8 | But perhaps he preferred it to a haunted house , because , as he saw it , that would require metaphysics as well . |
| 9 | No answer , but perhaps he found something in the watchful face that was not quite mute , for he smiled , and deep within the hollow eyes a spark kindled . |
| 10 | He 'd never wanted to screw anyone more in his life , but gently he disengaged himself . |
| 11 | I did n't have much faith in him when I first spoke to him , but apparently he told her to stand on her own two feet . |
| 12 | She tensed , preparing to struggle , but purposefully he turned her to face him and before she had chance to utter one single protest he cupped her face in his strong hands and brought his lips down on hers , silencing anything she might have been about to say . |
| 13 | She had often tired him with her chatter , with her bursts of personal revelations , ‘ Today I feel this — yesterday I felt that , ’ but suddenly he wished she would talk to him . |
| 14 | ‘ Watts is really only sixth in the pecking order up front , but suddenly he found himself playing the biggest game of his life and he did himself proud . ’ |
| 15 | He had been talking to a tall girl with white-blonde hair , but suddenly he turned his head slightly and looked straight at Maria , and every muscle in her body clenched in furious , shocked resistance . |
| 16 | Or perhaps no one can understand anyone : each blackbird believes that he has put into his whistle a meaning fundamental for him , but only he understands it ; the other gives him a reply that had no connection with what he said ; it is a dialogue between the deaf , a conversation without head or tail . |
| 17 | Oliver 's sharp sensitive features and figure adapted well to Sam Weller , but tonight he wished he 'd chosen anything rather than the trial scene from The Pickwick Papers to read . |
| 18 | But tonight he said he believed he 'd been punished enough . |
| 19 | Clive spilled some of the powder as he heaped it in the spoon , and could not hold it steady over his lighter flame , but finally he got it liquefied . |
| 20 | He was forever on the verge of falling into sweet , endless sleep , but somehow he forced himself to stay awake . |
| 21 | But yesterday he said he did not have the power to pass the sentence . |
| 22 | But yesterday he made his runs with style , a fine technique and under great pressure before he was beaten by Anil Kumble 's quicker ball . |
| 23 | But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day . |
| 24 | But yesterday he produced his forte — a spectacular strike . |
| 25 | On Wednesday he devalued it but yesterday he pretended he had n't . |
| 26 | He did not take it too seriously , but nonetheless he wheeled his pony and made off at speed , back towards the fringes of Clocaenog , where he had passed the last of the prince 's watch . |
| 27 | No-one was ever able to locate the elusive and possibly mythical teenager who supposedly became pregnant in Mr Moore 's constituency merely to jump the housing queue , but still he knew it was a serious issue . |
| 28 | But still he says he would not be married or sober without the incident . |
| 29 | The endearment eased the expression of pain on his face a little , but still he held me and still he searched my eyes for something I knew was n't there . |
| 30 | Gradually the tears stopped , but still he held her , one hand warm against the ridge of her spine , the other gentle as it stroked the silky length of her hair . |