Example sentences of "but [verb] he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , they got themselves into a thoroughly embarrassing mess , saying they accepted Gatting 's statement that nothing improper had taken place but sacking him all the same . |
| 2 | Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise . |
| 3 | I did not wait for his return but telephoned him later in the evening . |
| 4 | The route of divorce may ultimately be open to him , but to give him more may , in the context of this argument , be unfair . |
| 5 | This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man . |
| 6 | I do n't always agree with him , but find him ready to listen to constructive argument . |
| 7 | But keep him warm , it 's |
| 8 | I had nt seen him play much , but saw him last Monday playing for Man City . |
| 9 | It hired a competent manager from the private sector , Silvio Pelizzoni , but gave him little power . |
| 10 | Perversely , in the way of Customs Officers , we insisted but gave him ten minutes to clear up , then climbed on board to see to the necessary documentation . |
| 11 | They were not like the crew quarters , but reminded him more of a hospital , even before he saw what appeared to be an operating theatre . |
| 12 | The novel had interested him , but left him unsatisfied . |
| 13 | The authorities knew this , but left him alone . |
| 14 | But to ask him those questions soon was essential . |
| 15 | ‘ And once we all but had him safe , ’ said Owen , groaning into his hands , for he was very tired . |
| 16 | But to show him another prodigy equally astonishing , let him examine the most delicate things he knows … |
| 17 | Nothing goes right for Walter ; his father dies early , soon followed by his mother , a rigid , religious woman , who treats the boy harshly but teaches him good conduct , to write and to hold down a job in a sweet factory where he is patronised by his superiors and ridiculed by his fellow workers . |