Example sentences of "but he [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He must have heard something or picked up a scent but he led the rescuers to a bramble bush and the elderly man was found trapped inside . |
| 2 | It was agony , but he got the words out . |
| 3 | But he said the incidents were not being linked at this stage and he could not say the same people were responsible for each theft . |
| 4 | But he said the courts would not proceed solely on a childish whim . |
| 5 | But he said the brothers had asked McEvoy not to carry out the burglary . |
| 6 | Derry City 's new boy conceded Roy Coyle 's side had been going through a lean period but he said the lads would bounce back . |
| 7 | The bit about odd jeans was totally accurate , by the way ; Cousin Josh made his fortune firstly by dealing in cars , then by risking all on a jeans company which at the time was tottering on the very hem of bankruptcy ; under Josh 's regime , their jeans were n't any better or any cheaper than anybody else 's , but he had the garments made in odd sizes ; waists of 29 , 31 , 33 inches , and so on , as opposed to the products from all other companies , domestic and foreign , which tended to favour the even numbers . |
| 8 | He stood no taller than his daughter , probably she exceeded him by an inch or two , but he had the shoulders of a bull , and a great head of brindled brown hair laced with grey , like his short , square beard . |
| 9 | Lord Denning recognised that " in our constitutional theory Parliament is supreme but he saw the judges as the real " guardians of our constitution " and he felt that they ought to be able to pronounce on the validity of the conventions and " ought to have a power of judicial review of legislation similar to that in the United States : whereby the judges can set aside statutes which are contrary to our unwritten constitution — in that they are repugnant to reason or to fundamentals " . |
| 10 | But he saw the prayers of the Church as a living and fruitful tradition which threw up new ideas , some on reflection wrong or offending and to be rejected , others the seeds of devotion . |
| 11 | Lord Lovat saw the unhappiness in his newly-found friend , but he knew the rules of the game and did n't press . |
| 12 | He did n't belong to any of them , but he knew the doormen would n't challenge a man with his distinguished appearance and well-tailored clothes . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’ |
| 14 | But he forced the words back inside her mouth , kissing her deeply , possessively . |
| 15 | At a celebration dinner last night to mark the achievements of the century-long partnership between Essex County Council and Essex colleges , LEA chairman Ian Abbey toasted the future.He would have liked to see the LEA retain a greater input in further education , he said , but he wished the colleges to go forward in a spirit of goodwill . |
| 16 | As an alternative , he tried on occasions to tax them in assemblies which were not parliaments nor yet independent clerical gatherings , but he alarmed the clergy either by the writs which he used then or by the presence of his lay councillors at the meetings . |
| 17 | But he mounted the steps anyway , and knocked on the door to make certain : the sound was sudden and startling , but it died away quickly , with no response from within the building . |
| 18 | Not only did he catch a crestfallen Kelly , who had started a minute ahead of him , but he socked the hopes of Frenchman Charly Mottet and the Swiss powerhouse Thomas Wegmuller . |
| 19 | His two teenage sons were fanatically keen on farming and he encouraged them in all the agricultural skills ; but he fed the calves himself . |
| 20 | At the age of thirty , with 31 tests behind him Russell will be one of the oldest and most experienced players in the England side , but he thinks the selectors have chosen well . |
| 21 | But he read the sentences about the girl again with an anxious expression . |
| 22 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
| 23 | But he uses the schools with caution . |
| 24 | He has a man to do the finances , but he drives the tractors and so on . |
| 25 | But he thought the Seasiders played better against Blackpool last Saturday when they went down 2–1 to the Fourth Division leaders . |
| 26 | But he says the problems with next year 's funding mean that ‘ in the short term , we will move in the opposite direction ’ . |
| 27 | Mr Pendry one of Labour 's sports spokesman is n't claiming foul play by Atlanta , but he says the rules at the moment can easily be bent . |
| 28 | But he says the numbers of young people going into custody have ‘ rocketed ’ . |
| 29 | Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt . |
| 30 | Alan Hewitt of NECA tries to reduce harm Ecstasy users do to themselves , and to offer alternatives to drug use , but he recognises the problems . |