Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he admitted he had n't seen the pictures before firing Mr Hughes from his £22,000-a-year job with office equipment suppliers Fellowes . |
| 2 | But he felt he had proved himself a man , at twenty-three , and , as the returning warrior , had a belief that there would be no parental opposition . |
| 3 | He might still only be a juvenile who had never flown freely on the wind but he felt he had done nothing to warrant the abuse and fury of an eagle whose name he did not even know . |
| 4 | It was unnecessary , but he felt he had to do something . |
| 5 | He was unhappy but he felt he had at last sorted his life out . |
| 6 | He would n't go into details over the phone but he said it had something to do with Bernard . |
| 7 | Certainly , nobody else wanted me , but he said I had character . ’ |
| 8 | He had no dignity to speak of , only money , but he said he had a sore throat . |
| 9 | ‘ Monsieur Bonard knew that something very serious was on Alain 's mind , but he said he had no idea what it was . |
| 10 | Judge Hart gave Yvonne Scott an 18-month sentence , suspended for three years , but he said he had no doubt she too was part of the ‘ den of thieves ’ . |
| 11 | He tried to persuade himself that he 'd locked it but he knew he had n't . |
| 12 | He opened the other drawer but he knew he had n't put them in there . |
| 13 | Nigel was not quite sure Eleanor believed him , but he knew he had presented a plausible explanation . |
| 14 | He desperately needed a drink but he knew he had to get through the next little while — ten minutes , half an hour , an hour — completely sober . |
| 15 | Monument Hill was the last place he wanted to go to , but he knew he had to see it again for himself . |
| 16 | Jack had no idea but he knew he had to do something . |
| 17 | Edouard had already begun his campaign to persuade his mother to divert some of her capital holdings into an expansion programme for de Chavigny , but he knew he had to proceed slowly . |
| 18 | He was aware of the immense arrogance of this , but he knew he had not mistaken that long , steady look . |
| 19 | But he knew he had to be patient . |
| 20 | But he knew he had n't reached that point yet . |
| 21 | Martin was afraid of the churchyard but he knew he had to go inside . |
| 22 | He did n't know what was happening between Gesner and Suzi any more , had n't seen either of them since the Season began , since that dreadful scene at Willi 's party , but he knew he had to submit himself to yet another bout of torture and watch them together on the stage . |
| 23 | He did n't hate her , and he certainly did n't want to hurt her , but he knew he had just done the best thing he could ever do for Sandra Bamfield . |
| 24 | He was n't afraid that his nerve would fail him , only his stomach , but he wished he had n't said lie would be there . |
| 25 | It seems obvious she must have known it was the fermer but he wished she had said so , after all this remained his city . |
| 26 | He loved his little daughter , but he wished she had less energy . |
| 27 | But he denied they had ever made love . |
| 28 | He did not think that their ambitions extended far into Western Europe but he thought it had been a serious error to let the Russians take Berlin and establish themselves there . |
| 29 | He had n't kept track , but he thought he had sensed Jitters going down . |
| 30 | The chief of the Near East Division had sat him down one day to try to teach him about Iran , but he doubted it had gone in . |