Example sentences of "but he [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cor but he got him so riled and you know . |
| 2 | Erm but he got he got sidetracked by this guy , and they were talking and he he mentioned a photograph , and he got in like you know . |
| 3 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 4 | But he admitted he could not be sure he saw a soldier make contact with another soldier with his rifle . |
| 5 | But he admitted he had n't seen the pictures before firing Mr Hughes from his £22,000-a-year job with office equipment suppliers Fellowes . |
| 6 | But he felt he had proved himself a man , at twenty-three , and , as the returning warrior , had a belief that there would be no parental opposition . |
| 7 | It did n't stop her lashing out at him with her teeth and back legs as he unsaddled her , but he felt he was making progress and , the next day , stick and balling her he found she was a natural . |
| 8 | He might still only be a juvenile who had never flown freely on the wind but he felt he had done nothing to warrant the abuse and fury of an eagle whose name he did not even know . |
| 9 | She told him he should not squeeze his toes in borrowed shoes , but go barefoot , and strengthen his feet ; but he felt he would thereby dishonour his monarch and disparage the image of the Christian gentleman . |
| 10 | It was unnecessary , but he felt he had to do something . |
| 11 | It was something he still intended to do , but he felt he should be at a peak of confidence to arrange such an encounter . |
| 12 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 13 | He was unhappy but he felt he had at last sorted his life out . |
| 14 | I wanted to give him supper but he said he would take sandwiches up to his room and get on with his work . |
| 15 | But he said he was committed to funding experimental art , ‘ the equal of research and development in industry ’ . |
| 16 | But he said he was ‘ very anxious indeed ’ to discover ‘ the feelings ’ of the victim ‘ in relation to the disposal of the accused 's case ’ if she were prepared to assist . |
| 17 | The Home Secretary stressed last night that the Government had not yet decided whether to bring forward legislation , but he said he did not believe the Hetherington report could just be interred . |
| 18 | But he said he wished Mr Ridley had made clear that the strong argument for conservation was only over-ridden because of ‘ a combination of wholly exceptionable circumstances ’ , and that the case was ‘ unique ’ because of the high standard of the proposed scheme . |
| 19 | Often people go on to say something apparently absurd like , ‘ But he said he 'd be home early tonight , ’ or ‘ But he never said goodbye ’ , as though in some way the person concerned knew he was going to die . |
| 20 | He had no dignity to speak of , only money , but he said he had a sore throat . |
| 21 | I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told . |
| 22 | His pro-nuclear views are well known — he was a founder of the pressure group , A Power for Good — but he said he was ‘ unconvinced by the board 's choice of style of pressure vessel . ’ |
| 23 | The doctor offered Rose slimming tablets to help her lose even more weight but he said he was not very hopeful that she would lose it from her legs . |
| 24 | But he said he did n't mind as long as he was helping the war effort , and anyway it would all be over in six months and he could go back to selling firewood . |
| 25 | But he said he would go if fellow MPs wanted him to . |
| 26 | But he said he was confident that a new offer by City director Christopher Needler to underwrite an increased overdraft will be accepted by the bank . |
| 27 | for help and in fact , I had already spoken to the Justice and Peace Group , so I do n't really know where the muddle had come , but he said he got a , a list from British Section and Bishop 's Stortford has n't got any representative at all , which is extraordinary , so I do n't whether Rose has little note and told Mr . |
| 28 | ‘ I told him to wear plastic but he said he could n't feel it ’ is reinforced by the line , ‘ ask them if they paid their child support last week ’ . |
| 29 | But he said he would , making a mental reservation that at any rate he would stop playing her piano . |
| 30 | He had a lot of prep , but he said he 'd try . |