Example sentences of "but he [vb -s] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he feels the shock factor has lessened . |
| 2 | But he avoids the language of destination . |
| 3 | It stars Nolte , although we 're told he wo n't actually sing but he plays the dad of someone who does . |
| 4 | By leaving when he does , he still gives himself the chance of a second female but he minimises the risk of being cuckolded . |
| 5 | The publishing director of Burkes peerage says disinheriting his first born would be an unprecedented move and would involve introducing a new bill in the House of Lords … but he thinks the Duke may try . |
| 6 | Mr Webb says the row wo n't stop his fund raising activities — but he thinks the hospital should refund the money it spent , so that it can be put towards other needy projects . |
| 7 | he 's a great talker and showman but he lacks the depth , the insight — after all , he 's hardly a Peter Drucker ’ . |
| 8 | The recording quality is quite acceptable , and the performances are Nicolosi is a reliable player but he lacks the keyboard bragadocio to make these pieces sparkle in a way that Thalberg must have . |
| 9 | But he lacks the intensity of feeling that Ni Bevan had , he lacks it . |
| 10 | The conductor does not show them how to play , he probably ca n't play more than one or two instruments , but he understands the purpose of each instrument and its usefulness . |
| 11 | But he uses the word si once they came back . |
| 12 | He recognizes that it might be regarded in a pejorative sense as indicating a readiness to compromise and to accept something inferior , but he uses the term , nevertheless , for the want of a better word and tries to give it a different connotation . |
| 13 | But he rejects the criticism that Goldsmiths ' , under his direction , has over-emphasised theory at the expense of practice . |
| 14 | Martin Harrison ( 1989 , p. 656 ) accepts that television ‘ reporting of routine , uncontroversial activities may well give incumbent governments an inbuilt advantage ’ but he rejects the idea of applying the concepts of impartiality and balance to the governing party 's total television coverage . |
| 15 | Lethal Weapon star Mel Gibson has also been mentioned for the role , but he rejects the idea as ‘ ridiculous . ’ |
| 16 | Rhodes was not overawed by the bowling during the World Cup , feeling ‘ comfortable ’ against Curtly Ambrose and the other West Indians , but he appreciates the difference between one-day cricket and Test cricket and knows that his record of just two centuries in 40 first-class games is not enough to guarantee him a place in the Test side . |
| 17 | Ockrent is still trying to tone down his screen actors — ‘ remember there 'll be twenty feet of grimace up there ’ — but he retains the keenness of a novice : ‘ You get the excitement of a first night every ten minutes . ’ |
| 18 | Preparing for this will be time-consuming , but he likes the discipline of a deadline . |
| 19 | But he answers the question himself : |
| 20 | The idiom means nothing to him , but he gets the idea . |
| 21 | He does n't come cheap , but he gets the job done . |
| 22 | But he remains the realist . |
| 23 | Dall has made a single lens microscope that magnifies 1000 times , but he considers the image too faint to be of practical use . |
| 24 | Turpin is no monk , but he is a Christian bishop : not only is he , as a feudal lord , a part of the military hierarchy of Charlemagne 's realm , but he represents the unity of all segments of Christendom in the fight against the infidel . |
| 25 | But he says the public should be just as concerned about big time criminals , although their activities might seem more remote . |
| 26 | But he says the case has cost him more than that . |
| 27 | But he says the hospital changed it 's mind without telling him . |
| 28 | But he says the arrival of £650,000 Martin Kuhl from Portsmouth could be just the tonic County 's under-pressure stars need . |
| 29 | By deserting Tamas risked a trial and probable immediate dispatch to the front if he was caught , but he says the risk was worth it . |
| 30 | But He says the record will be ‘ less cameo-like and more cohesive ’ than Geldof 's Do They Know It 's Christmas , Time , which ousted Paul McCartney to become the best-selling British record of all time in 1984. release is scheduled for mid-January . |