Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be a bit ropey at times but he plays his best for us and do n't forget the goals he scored , including one which put paid to the scouse red shite in 1991 . |
| 2 | Hare 's sights are set high , but he thinks it best not to listen to those who predict a bright future for him . |
| 3 | Hare 's sights are set high , but he thinks it best not to listen to those who predict a bright future for him . |
| 4 | For the Paris 1925 exhibition , Bernard was technical director for the British government , but he achieved his greatest fame as consultant artistic director to the caterers J. Lyons & Co . |
| 5 | ‘ He ca n't work because he is disabled but he does his best for us and makes sure we have everything we need . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He ca n't work because he is disabled but he does his best for us and makes sure we have everything we need . ’ |
| 7 | This was bad news for the poet , who until his late twenties had never ‘ touched the lips of woman ’ , but he did his best to play it her way , listening dutifully when she told him that their spiritual relationship would be damaged ‘ if I came to you in sin . |
| 8 | He was no carpenter but he did his best and he began to sell wood on a larger scale . |
| 9 | His discomfort was extreme and obvious , but he did his best to ignore the pain in his usual stoic manner . |
| 10 | But he did his best . |
| 11 | St Jovite has landed an unfavourable outside draw , but he reserves his best form for right-handed tracks like Longchamp and he 's likely to be sharper than when beaten by Dr Devious at Leopardstown . |
| 12 | But he reserves his deepest angst for thespianism which is , according to this latter-day Irving , ‘ a pain , like a trip to the dentist — an unpleasant experience . ’ |