Example sentences of "but he [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he first wrote about this , Poulantzas rather disarmingly remarked that there was no theoretical homogeneity between these two notions ; ii but he later took pains to explain that structures and class practices are not ‘ ontologically distinct domains ’ . |
| 2 | At times he would pull me and Willie across the room by the ears , in way of reprimand for some demeanour — but he sure had printing-ink in his veins . |
| 3 | Budhoo was allegedly on short rations from the honeypot because of his intransigence , but he nevertheless pulled $143,000 a year in salary and other subsidies , excluding those related to official travel and mission work . |
| 4 | But he openly helped Mr Clinton on Memorial Day , which seems to confirm the sense that some of the tensions between the president and the armed forces are easing . |
| 5 | In answer to charge 4 that he had treated Royan without taking a proper history or examination or consulting his general practitioner , Dr Mumby said he took the clinical history in the form of a questionnaire which patients filled out in advance but he rarely examined patients because they had usually been examined many times elsewhere and because taking a history by questionnaire was an established technique of clinical ecology . |
| 6 | Erm but he just had sort of he was n't so good . |
| 7 | It was a major motivation for him , but he also enjoyed canoeing and all outdoor activities . |
| 8 | But he also made use of tunes from bourgeois sources — and transformed their meanings in the process . |
| 9 | As bishop , Desiderius had occasion to write about numerous specific issues , but he also took time to maintain the friendships he had made at court . |
| 10 | His belief that it was fusion was due primarily to the heat , but he also told Bullough that since October there was some evidence in Utah that neutrons were being produced too . |
| 11 | Hatchlands was his English estate , but he also had villas in Italy and the south of France , and in London a succession of grand houses , in the last of which , 10 Palace Green , Kensington Palace Gardens , he died 4 June 1913 . |
| 12 | But he also had interests in the cloth trade ; he dealt in lead , alum , and bullion ; he lent money , arranged loans for the Crown , and bought and sold ex-monastic land ; he was a promoter of early voyages to Russia and West Africa , and a founder-member of the Russia Company . |
| 13 | Of course , his own eminence contributed to his isolation , but he also chose solitude as his appropriate fate . |
| 14 | But he also reminded scientists that they could have greater influence by lobbying their local MPs . |
| 15 | He was always prone to grotesque mistakes ( as listed in the note ) BUT he also provided World Class saves regularly , and but for his lapses would probably rank as one of the worlds greats . |
| 16 | But he also acknowledged doubts about Labour 's capacity to ignite recovery as he stressed the party 's programme of practical measures was based on what Britain 's successful European competitors had already undertaken . |
| 17 | But he also acknowledged doubts about Labour 's capacity to ignite recovery as he stressed the party 's programme of practical measures was based on what Britain 's successful European competitors had already undertaken . |
| 18 | His profound scholarship is reflected in his catalogue of Greek and Roman papyri in the Rylands Library at Manchester ; but he also found delight in small and simple things produced by more humble establishments than University Presses , such as cotton-reel labels , trade cards , valentines , playbills , almanacks , grocery bags and much else . |
| 19 | In 1785 alone , not only did he survey and engrave the series of charts mentioned above , but he also found time to make a series of estate plans for Patrick Kerr of Abbotrule ( which Kerr failed to pay for ) , to survey a line for a canal from the Forth to the Clyde for Robert Whitworth , and to engrave several plans for the court of session in Edinburgh . |
| 20 | But he neither turned head nor slackened speed . |
| 21 | But he immediately faced opposition from a fellow Maronite , the Christian army commander Gen Michel Aoun , who denounced Muawad as a Syrian puppet and claimed his election was unconstitutional . |
| 22 | The pope remained torn between disbelief that Offa would ever have attempted to persuade Charlemagne to adopt such a course of action and lingering suspicion of the Mercian king , but he finally received Offa 's representatives and seems to have accepted their assurances . |
| 23 | But he suddenly said stop , and let her off the hook . |
| 24 | But he suddenly caught sight of her , and the effect on him was electric . |
| 25 | Crichton had been Rovers ’ hero , but he suddenly turned villain when he pulled down Hignett as he streaked clear five minutes from time . |
| 26 | Lucien found it hard to doubt Azmaveth 's words because of the zeal with which she spoke , but he still had difficulty believing her . |
| 27 | The peasant might be at the bottom of the pile , but he still had rights to own or work common land and thus the certainty of providing some food for the survival of himself and his family . |
| 28 | Ken may have been well into his thirties now , but he still saw things very much as he did as a youngster , as though the editor he had played in The Buccaneer had been reincarnated into the Kenneth Williams starring — and now there was no other word for it ; that was precisely what he was doing — in Share My Lettuce . |
| 29 | Mr. Mendez was probably already mad because I was talking up , but he still looked patient . |
| 30 | He was a tall , broad man now , but he still wore knickerbockers and velvet . |