Example sentences of "but he [verb] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had said nothing , only looked subdued , and Adam realized why . |
| 2 | She had tried to explain this fleeting instinctive comprehension to Peter , but he had said , ‘ I think you are confusing faith with emotion , ’ so she had not tried again . |
| 3 | But he had said it already . |
| 4 | It was true that he had never said he would marry me , but he had said that when the war was over he would write to me and try to come back . |
| 5 | But he had said nothing , and his silence was beginning to hurt her . |
| 6 | That 's what he normally does , but he had said |
| 7 | Mrs Beavis had said he could use the bed at nights , if he wanted , but he 'd said no , he did n't want three rooms to look after , he was n't as domesticated as that . |
| 8 | Mr Tebbit has consistently made clear his opposition to large scale immigration but he has said he is in favour of ‘ attracting immigrants who are well educated and highly skilled … regardless of race ’ . |
| 9 | He has given very little account of how he spent his time , but he has said he spent the majority of that time with a travelling circus , both in this country and in the Irish Republic . |
| 10 | Macari will bring at least two of his Stoke City backroom staff to Parkhead , but he has said that Frank Connor will be retained . |
| 11 | and he is n't in my opinion really considering half the other jobs , but he has said that he wants that and by the mercy of providence this business of Lee being flung out by Andy and being put back onto the into the job centre coincides with my being very tight on money . |
| 12 | No but he 's said |