Example sentences of "but he [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was only a little 'un , but he got one weight over his head all right .
2 They quashed the murder charge but he got ten years for intent to wound resulting in death , plus , of course , half as much again because there was a firearm involved . ‘
3 No , but he said four pound odd 's dear in n it ?
4 But he had two batting sessions at the indoor nets at Bradford yesterday and was sufficiently satisfied with his progress to announce his comeback .
5 I knew somebody else who could do that , but he had four feet .
6 Jack Stone was two years younger than her , but he looked ten years older .
7 Karen , four months pregnant with their first child , tried desperately to revive him , but he died six hours later in hospital .
8 But he finished six lengths behind the winner Arcangues , who could manage only eighth place in the Coral Eclipse at Sandown , losing second place on the post .
9 He came up the week before on his own but he played two rounds every day .
10 But he gave two pence , how miserable can you get ?
11 Editor , — Nicholas Wald rightly emphasises the importance and the ethical nature of randomised multicentre prevention trials , but he makes two statements that can not go unchallenged .
12 Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing .
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