Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a waste of time him going but he nagged so much that she had to let him go . |
| 2 | He also availed himself of some relationship to Monck , but he presumed too much on his use of the name of Henry Bennet , Earl of Arlington [ q.v. ] , to cover his own corrupt financial transactions and was committed to the Fleet prison , from which he was released after pleading ‘ nine small lamenting children ’ . |
| 3 | But he seemed very little concerned . |
| 4 | ‘ But he said very little , ’ Hubert recalled . |
| 5 | But he had just enough quality not to blame others for his guilt . |
| 6 | It was all very well for Bragg to instruct him to go the rounds of prostitutes ' haunts , but he had precious little idea of how to go about it . |
| 7 | But he had how own procedures , and he seemed to enjoy them . |
| 8 | NEALE DOUGHTY ( Twin Oaks ) : ‘ The delay at the start did n't affect him at all , but he had too much weight and the ground was probably too fast . ’ |
| 9 | But he had so much to do before he could leave , the milking and so on , and what with the long journey as well , he was very tired when he arrived and apparently nodded off . |
| 10 | He knew many people in the village , almost everyone except the newly arrived and the ones who used the village as a dormitory and who worked in Bath or Chippenham or Swindon , but he knew very few that he could classify as friends . |
| 11 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 12 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 13 | He was given a questionable standing count in the second of three thrilling rounds , but he spent too much time battling rather than boxing and too much time on the ropes instead of using his footwork . |
| 14 | But he thinks even that could be changing . |
| 15 | La Rozière had to leave in a hurry , but he brought back much useful information and , promoted to lieut. -colonel , was employed to survey the facilities available on the French coast for embarking the invading army . |
| 16 | But he looked up all the same and saw the bike pass by , the rider wearing an unfamiliar black helmet and black leathers , the motorbike low-slung , bulging , making a noise that made him think of someone beating cream in a bowl with a wooden spoon . |
| 17 | Edward 's brother-in-law became King Harold II , in 1066 , but he died later that same year at the Battle of Hastings , to whence he had travelled from Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire , where he had successfully defended against an invasion of Norwegians . |
| 18 | Lord John had hoped that his friend would accompany him , but he sensed how much Manvell despised him for so easily surrendering to Sharpe 's threat . |
| 19 | David must have been very ill then but he carried out all his duties with the dignity that characterised all he did . |
| 20 | ‘ But he ate as many as he could get , ’ said Tweedledum . |
| 21 | He did have a job in the Foreign Literature Publishing House , but he sought out any visitors from London , eager for gossip , and frequently talked about returning . |
| 22 | He helped with the intensity of my production but he took away some of my head tones . |
| 23 | He used to live on the erm in the , but he does n't any more . |
| 24 | Yeah but he does too much as well . |
| 25 | But he does all this at the cost of suspending a due sense of the tendency there has also been for poets to see further than their noses , and to speak out , and to go to the wall for it . |
| 26 | But he came in all the same , not apparently wounded . |
| 27 | The last time we met he had just bought a new boat , having taken up sailing in his spare time ( but he has n't much of that ) . |
| 28 | But he has n't much of a choice . |
| 29 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Slaven was not picked tonight but he has as much chance as any other player of playing at Tranmere on Friday night . |
| 30 | He may be great in the eyes of the world , with his property and wealth , but he has very few friends to attend his funeral and never achieves the only thing he cares about . |