Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was pinched with cold and he looked rather dejected , but he greeted them heartily . |
| 2 | The power moves his hand , as if by magnetism , but he forces it back , to touch the phial of Galadriel and be momentarily relieved . |
| 3 | But he woke me up this morning to wish me a happy anniversary . |
| 4 | But he rejected it almost as soon as it crossed his mind . |
| 5 | Hurst 's voice had risen a little , but he dropped it again as he realized that several pairs of eyes were watching them with interest . |
| 6 | Cor but he got him so riled and you know . |
| 7 | She went to sleep , she was so heavy that he thought he could barely carry her another step but he got her home and set her down in the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 8 | His knees almost buckled but he fought himself upright and managed to get Trent into focus . |
| 9 | The following unusual use of to provides further confirmation of this : ( 25 ) She waited , Kate Croy , for her father to come in , but he kept her unconscionably , and there were moments at which she showed herself , in the glass over the mantel , a face positively pale with the irritation that had brought her to the point of going away without sight of him . |
| 10 | but he kept me on to get me through Christmas you know things like that . |
| 11 | But he kept it as spartan as all his previous homes . |
| 12 | But he kissed her just the same . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't know who he was , either , but he asked me where he could find you , and I told him I did n't know , and he said ‘ Are you new too ? ’ and then you arrived and … ’ |
| 14 | I could see he was n't pleased at the door , but he asked us up . |
| 15 | I had served Churchill for ten years and for four as his Chancellor , but he told me later ‘ I went for the older man . ’ |
| 16 | He was married , you see , but he told me today he 'd left his wife . |
| 17 | But he told me firmly , ‘ No , I 'll come on Tuesday . |
| 18 | But he told himself not to be crazy . |
| 19 | " We saw some prisoners being beaten , " explained Joseph , turning to Paul Devraux , " but he told us not to feel sorry for them . |
| 20 | It was an old joke , but he told it beautifillly . |
| 21 | The chiselled line of Guy 's jaw looked even tighter , but he said nothing else until they reached his Docklands flat . |
| 22 | But he said it loud enough for the whole restaurant to be convulsed and Ken to enjoy his audience at the same time . |
| 23 | She sent him the sudden grin again and Caspar said , ‘ Oh dear me , what optimism , ’ but he said it quietly . |
| 24 | And he said this and he was n't I mean particularly , he said oh she 's just , you know she , she 's like sailed through Haileybury , she gets out of everything , she , he , he 's really keen on the sports side of things here so I do n't know why he got so het up about it but he said it really er pissed him off the way she erm |
| 25 | He aimed to operate an air route towards the end of this year , but he said it now looked likely that the service will begin early next spring . |
| 26 | But he said I probably wo n't taking any notice of it at all . |
| 27 | Allen said in evidence on Monday that the affair with Previn was a mistake , but he said he still loved her . |
| 28 | yes , but he said he never , it was suggested but |
| 29 | The latter do not necessarily imply that the infinitive event actually occurs : ( 173 ) Miriam now ordered Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 30 | The sense expressed would therefore be diagrammable as : This is not the case with have , which always carries the implication that this event is actualized : ( 174 ) * Miriam now had Pengally break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |