Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | said it looked alright , but to me she said it 's terrible because it 's so short , I 've never had it this short in my life but he said it looked OK |
| 32 | He would n't go into details over the phone but he said it had something to do with Bernard . |
| 33 | He said , but he said it does n't give us the excuse of not paying the invoices on time , and he said erm I have warned him for it this morning and he said he will process it , and he said the cheque will be in the post here on Monday . |
| 34 | Certainly , nobody else wanted me , but he said I had character . ’ |
| 35 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 36 | Oh do n't forget these lads , but he said I 've got a present for you lads . |
| 37 | No but he said I did quite well |
| 38 | And I thought he would say something like , you know something really silly , about fifty , sixty thousand , but he said I think a hundred and fifty thousand 's enough . |
| 39 | But he said I think |
| 40 | It 's alright Peter used to live facing them at er Malton erm he was saying about the Charismatic how long their services go on , it 's about three hours , but he said you know they take their flasks or they just walk out and have a break if they want to and then go back in . |
| 41 | but he said you know when you 're start extending them any more than it is |
| 42 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
| 43 | he said you are by the number of payments you is n't paid he said you have n't paid for almost a year but he said you have n't money . |
| 44 | Yeah , but he said you share a bathroom and |
| 45 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 46 | But erm sort of thought of something in between , but he said he said those will probably go for about five hundred and fifty |
| 47 | But he said he wished Mr Ridley had made clear that the strong argument for conservation was only over-ridden because of ‘ a combination of wholly exceptionable circumstances ’ , and that the case was ‘ unique ’ because of the high standard of the proposed scheme . |
| 48 | for help and in fact , I had already spoken to the Justice and Peace Group , so I do n't really know where the muddle had come , but he said he got a , a list from British Section and Bishop 's Stortford has n't got any representative at all , which is extraordinary , so I do n't whether Rose has little note and told Mr . |
| 49 | Clarke 's solicitor said his client knew he 'd done wrong and must be punished , but he said he hoped to make amends to Mr Adams ' family in the future . |
| 50 | But he said he hoped the assurances from BC deputy chairman , Albert Wheeler , would provide ‘ a seedbed for the re-growth of at least some trust ’ . |
| 51 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 52 | But he said he thought that was price cos he said it 's worth at least ten the mileage originally , you know ? |
| 53 | But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ? |
| 54 | He had no dignity to speak of , only money , but he said he had a sore throat . |
| 55 | ‘ Monsieur Bonard knew that something very serious was on Alain 's mind , but he said he had no idea what it was . |
| 56 | 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 ’ . |
| 57 | A detective-sergeant told Belfast Magistrate 's Court that when Hill was formally charged he replied ‘ no ’ to all four charges , but he said he believed he could connect the accused to the offences . |
| 58 | But he said he reckoned they probably shot a bit wide , and anyway the officers would see that they tried , and it was better to be shot by the other side rather than your own . |
| 59 | so he said well that 's you down but he said he wanted to cut them back . |
| 60 | The Home Secretary stressed last night that the Government had not yet decided whether to bring forward legislation , but he said he did not believe the Hetherington report could just be interred . |