Example sentences of "but he [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 'e made a bit o' Welsh rarebit after some coaxing. 'E 's not as incapable as 'e looks , I 've come to 't conclusion . " |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know what you said to 'im last evenin' , but 'e 'ad a bloke call later and done a bit of a business deal with 'im that earned a fiver , would yer believe . |
| 3 | But he released a decree placing the media under his protection and ordering the ministry of the interior to take ‘ necessary measures ’ to defend the state-run television , radio and information agencies . |
| 4 | ‘ But he talks a lot of tripe about football , and his team 's a disgrace . ’ |
| 5 | Hobbs could have put Bradford 9-8 ahead with his easiest kick of the afternoon , but he struck a post and six minutes later Maskill scored the try which started that late rush of Leeds points . |
| 6 | But he dropped a key ring containing a picture of himself and his girlfriend as he crept upstairs to steal the woman 's jewellery . |
| 7 | In Laker 's case the minister was seeking to require the Civil Aviation Authority to follow his policy but he chose a way of doing this which the Court of Appeal considered not to be within his powers . |
| 8 | but he got a phone call on the Tuesday from Mr 's secretary to say oh Mr would like to see you anyway because er he feels it may have erm it was a letter , I 'm sorry , which came |
| 9 | And on the Dixon fight , the British , European and Commonwealth champion said : ‘ I gave him a taste but he got a bit feisty by trying to hit me back and I took him out . |
| 10 | But he got a bit carried away … |
| 11 | But he got a pattern made and had the base of the machine made at a local foundry and he made all the leverage parts and got the , he got the blades made in Sheffield or somewhere and er he made one for himself . |
| 12 | And Jim er Bill grabbed the camera that was on the mantlepiece and he got a shot , not of me , but he got a shot of Pat and her friend and Bryan and er , it was er , er , something I 'll never forget . |
| 13 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 14 | Yeah I know but he admitted a lot of punishments . |
| 15 | In an interview with the New York Times , McDevitt ( who had three more larceny convictions in the 1980s ) denied even knowing about the Gardner theft , but he revealed a familiarity with techniques of cutting paintings from frames . |
| 16 | But he seemed a bit tight-lipped about it . |
| 17 | Yeah , but he seemed a bit more like a normal fifteen , sixteen year old |
| 18 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 19 | Again , he might have been tempted to land and feed , but he felt an urging to fly on , to travel far , as if today of all days he would begin to feel freedom at last . |
| 20 | But he told a newspaper through his lawyer : ‘ I 've got no complaints . ’ |
| 21 | But he said a double-cross was suspected . |
| 22 | But he had a fever , and for many days he lay there unconscious . |
| 23 | There were no children of either marriage but he had a stepdaughter from each . |
| 24 | That was where he began in 1986–87 , but he had a spell on each wing later that season and donned the left-back and centre-forward shirts as well . |
| 25 | But he had a knife in his hand . |
| 26 | But he had a problem : the card she had so rapidly thrust into his hand was her business card , no home address , just Belmodes , Mouncy Street , which he knew but where he did not want to wait to visit . |
| 27 | Waller was argumentative , opinionated , and sometimes outspoken , but he had a sense of humour ( ‘ I am the Wallerian degeneration ’ in reference to his father 's eponymous discovery ) and he retained an unworldly delight in science throughout his life . |
| 28 | The name of Donald 's wife ( if he married ) is unknown , but he had a daughter , Bethoc , from whom John Comyn of Badenoch [ q.v. ] derived his claim to the throne in 1291 . |
| 29 | Dr Cunningham was Labour 's official spokesperson , but he had a deputy , MP Allan Roberts , who was also on the Front Bench . |
| 30 | His personal character is difficult to fathom , but he had a capacity for deep and long-lasting friendships . |