Example sentences of "but his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Arkwright , the greatest of the new industrial capitalists , erected his first spinning mill , worked by horses , at Nottingham in 1768 , but his second factory , built on a much larger scale at Cromford on the Derwent in 1771 , was driven by water-power . |
| 2 | But his second title in three years came in 1977 when , after an intensely close battle in the first half of the season with South African Jody Scheckter and American Mario Andretti , Lauda pulled clear to win the title with 17 points to spare . |
| 3 | Dermot Reeve clipped Waqar 's first delivery for a single but his second ball uprooted last man Richard Illingworth 's leg stump . |
| 4 | But his second name 's and his wife 's second name used to be . |
| 5 | But his elder brother John thinks that he knew better what the score was than he ever let on . |
| 6 | He had a gift for friendship , and a wide range of acquaintances , but his close friends were few and in his later years were drawn from a small circle who shared his interest in the lives and books of medieval scholars . |
| 7 | Many visitors to him made his time more bearable , most famous visitor was Princess Diana ( yes , the real one ! ) , but his close friends were always made most welcome by Sylvia who lavished all the love and care that ones who knew her would expect . |
| 8 | Liverpool 's best chance fell to Michael Thomas after 47 minutes , but his close range shot was deflected agonisingly wide . |
| 9 | Anselm had known Hugh as papal legate in France when he was abbot of Bec , but his close association with him came at a moment when he was in a very perplexing situation . |
| 10 | He sounded huskily amused , but his deep voice was a fraction unsteady . |
| 11 | It was a command , but his deep voice was so soft that Isabel hesitantly held out her wounded finger . |
| 12 | Watkins thought he had statistically proven the existence of leys but his practical methods were inadequate . |
| 13 | Fateh-ul-Mulk had been poisoned in a court intrigue well before 1857 , but his six-year-old son , the Princess 's father , had survived both this and the Mutiny . |
| 14 | He was pale , but his careworn expression could not disguise the malice in his eyes . |
| 15 | Right to reproduce the wax model remains with the sculptor , but his hired hand can reproduce the bronze . |
| 16 | Hamilton has been the surprise packet of the championships , but his 21–17 win over Ronnie Garland — who is the reigning indoor pairs champion — proves that he can not be underestimated . |
| 17 | Thomas Handley , 46 , of West Bromwich , died from heart trouble last September but his 62-year-old wife Paula was unable to come to terms with it . |
| 18 | It may be , and often is , that when the child reaches adolescence , his interest for drawing and painting may diminish , and he may take up some other form of self expression , but his early adventures in Painting will colour the whole of his later life . |
| 19 | Shortly after her début into London society in 1863 she became engaged to Llewellyn Thomas of Llwynmadoc , the heir to a large coal fortune , but his early death from smallpox in 1864 on the eve of their wedding left her to face a lifetime of spinsterhood and good works , divided between Swansea and her London home in fashionable Knightsbridge . |
| 20 | It was two years since he had last been below the Net , but his early discomfort quickly passed , older habits taking over , changing the way he moved , the way he held himself . |
| 21 | Other fairy subjects followed , but his major work at this time was a large number of panels for Lord Foley 's house at 26 Grosvenor Square , for which he chose scenes from Tasso 's ‘ Jerusalem Delivered ’ and Byron 's ‘ Manfred ’ . |
| 22 | But his major contribution to the corporate life of the city was his work for the relief of the poor . |
| 23 | Greenberg wrote exhibition reviews for The Nation during the 1940s , but his lasting reputation comes from a collection of his articles , including some more thematic pieces for Partisan Review , in a book published in 1961 with the title Art and Culture . |
| 24 | As a composer he cultivated various forms , including the symphony , but his lasting importance rests on his series of over sixty solo sonatas for keyboard ( after Op. 7 , distinctively for pianoforte rather than harpsichord ) and his famous ‘ Gradus ad Parnassum ’ ( 1817–26 ) . |
| 25 | De Wilde 's tone ( all acoustic by the way ) is soft , but his ever-moving fingers are almost classically sharp and telling . |
| 26 | But his managerial performance — he led the Tyrone team to victory in the Budweiser Cup , their first piece of silverware as a senior club — has n't gone un-noticed . |
| 27 | But his unkindest cut at Elizabeth was to call her heartless ; she had only too much heart for her comfort . |
| 28 | She was sitting down at the table ; he thought she really was looking very ill and wretched but his tender pride kept him silent . |
| 29 | Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned . |
| 30 | While the Scot won the opening frame he lost the next three , but his highest break of the match , 74 , suggested Hallett had a problem on his hands . |