Example sentences of "but he [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he greeted me by swearing at me , so I went into the hall to find somebody else . |
| 2 | Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement . |
| 3 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 4 | It is some five years since I worked with Mr Edell in his previous incarnation as a lawyer , but he struck me as a man who would do the necessary . |
| 5 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 6 | But he woke me up this morning to wish me a happy anniversary . |
| 7 | But he got me started ; the curiosity . ’ |
| 8 | but he kept me on to get me through Christmas you know things like that . |
| 9 | Ooh he kept , but he kept I 'd even worked out my train to , from Ealing down |
| 10 | For example , if the soft sell chap fails to wheedle his client into buying , his partner can ring him up and say : " My colleague 's at an important meeting , but he asked me to call you about this stock . |
| 11 | But he asked me if I 'd send them er er a full report of it after day after they 'd done it . |
| 12 | ‘ But he asked me to marry him , ’ she said feebly . |
| 13 | If you want to know what that actually means see Dr but he asked me to read it out . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't know who he was , either , but he asked me where he could find you , and I told him I did n't know , and he said ‘ Are you new too ? ’ and then you arrived and … ’ |
| 15 | But he told me that , in the eyes of the law , theft is actually a lesser charge than handling stolen goods If there were n't people handling stolen goods then nobody would nick things in the first place . |
| 16 | But he told me something . |
| 17 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 18 | But he told me firmly , ‘ No , I 'll come on Tuesday . |
| 19 | ‘ I was shocked but he told me it was inevitable . |
| 20 | But he told me one of my stories was a masterpiece , and that one of my poems would move a stone . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't ask Oliver either but he told me Ayling delivered a letter to you . |
| 22 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 23 | ‘ We checked his clothes for bloodstains … there were n't many but he told me to wash his shirt and handkerchief while he had a shower . |
| 24 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 25 | I had served Churchill for ten years and for four as his Chancellor , but he told me later ‘ I went for the older man . ’ |
| 26 | But he told me he did not take any clubs abroad with him . ’ |
| 27 | He was married , you see , but he told me today he 'd left his wife . |
| 28 | I hope you do n't mind me coming , but he told me I should come on up . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Sometimes it seemed like he was breaking the club transfer record every week , but he told me if I kept on doing it I was safe . ’ |
| 30 | Yeah but he told me he told me he told |