Example sentences of "but he [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cahill said : ‘ There are no plans to sell Rover ’ , but he admitted that defence remained the core of BAe 's business . |
| 2 | But he felt that position to be untenable . |
| 3 | But he maintains that boxing is not his favourite sport , saying without hesitation : ‘ If my father had had the budget for it when I was young , I would have been doing motor racing . ’ |
| 4 | But he stressed that crime was beginning to decline in his city . |
| 5 | Morrison said later he felt Border had edged the ball , but he agreed that television replays appeared to show the ‘ woody ’ sound was probably the ball touching the stump . |
| 6 | He went on to say that he realized that Hall 's larger scheme might not materialize , but he thought that Government Offices in a similar style to his building would eventually extend to Great George Street where they would be seen in relation to the Abbey and the Houses of Parliament . |
| 7 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
| 8 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
| 9 | It was a dramatic gesture , a revelation ; it put him in a position of power , if only for a moment , but he liked that position and his primacy had been denied in that group of irreverents . |
| 10 | I do n't know when he had last closed his eyes with a clear conscience but he did that day . |
| 11 | But he wanted that job so badly he was willing to kill for it . |
| 12 | Mr. Coghlan accepted that a verdict of death by natural causes aggravated by lack of care can be returned in accordance with Reg. v. Southwark Coroner , Ex parte Hicks [ 1987 ] 1 W.L.R. 1624 , but he submitted that section 19 of the Act of 1988 does not require a coroner to hold an inquest where he foresees that such a verdict is possible . |
| 13 | But he dispels that notion when asked how seriously he considered a dangerous brain operation in Mexico before his family talked him out of it . |
| 14 | But he claims that business such as his has the backing of the European Community 's trade laws . |