Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee would catch them , he always did , but he kept his own counsel because when Garry got mad he sent him home . |
| 2 | You , you know how I feel , I mean er Rob does a lot of good work but he keeps it all to himself and we 've got ta be bigger than keeping it to ourselves , it 's everybody 's responsibility vocational education from right down from year seven right the way across the board , they 've got ta |
| 3 | But he told me that , in the eyes of the law , theft is actually a lesser charge than handling stolen goods If there were n't people handling stolen goods then nobody would nick things in the first place . |
| 4 | His face was moving a little , twitching by one eye , but he saw them this time . |
| 5 | But he knew his own mind , did Gabriel , and persevered so that the holly adorned the bottom edge of the beam like a curving curtain pelmet . |
| 6 | That was still before people went to chokey for dodgy dealings , but he soured his own patch . |
| 7 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
| 8 | But he warns his former coworker that her every move will be scrutinized . |
| 9 | But he ate it all the same , Ellie noticed , as she hurried back to her chair . |
| 10 | Er but he followed them all the way back to a flat on th on the on the complex . |
| 11 | I remember being very excited by his round but he took it all calmly , quietening me down . |
| 12 | The poor guy really had it rough but he took it all quite well . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Remember , he 's just 17 , he was playing before a full house , it was Manchester United — but he took it all in his stride . ’ |
| 14 | But he took it all in good part . |
| 15 | This Boden observed other people 's taboos just so far as was necessary , but he went his own way , sure that no values were valid but his own . |
| 16 | The Mimulus was in fact a garden escape , but he allowed it all the same , while conceding that a purist would not . |
| 17 | ‘ But he gave me such a hard time when I was unfaithful . ’ |
| 18 | But he gave us that there . |
| 19 | He did not mention the patients charter , but he gave us some other insights into his approach to the problems . |
| 20 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 21 | She ran rings round him , but he loved her all the same . |
| 22 | Moyer 's Puritanism was more extreme that Goodwin 's or Owen 's , but neither fanatical nor over-rigid ; for instance , he championed a bill in Barebone 's Parliament to abolish lay patronage over ecclesiastical benefices , but he exercised his own right of presentation to the rectory of Pitsea in 1656 . |
| 23 | Uncle had several offers but he turned them all down . ’ |
| 24 | When Eva came back she hid his teeth , but he splodged it all up and ate it anyway . |
| 25 | ‘ But he wants you all to himself — and he 's found the best way to do that is to take away the pleasure you find in singing . |
| 26 | But he treats them all the same way . |
| 27 | He rarely heard from his mother , but he rang her each Christmas morning , wherever he was , and on her birthday , and he sent her maybe a dozen postcards a year . |
| 28 | But he withdrew his own nomination less than 12 hours later when his involvement with Maze escaper James Clarke became public . |