Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when you think of a man earning about at the most two pounds ten shillings a week , one and sixpence was quite a sizable amount out of it , but eventually he paid it all off . |
| 2 | And he listened , he would n't really say what he had been doing , but later he showed me some of the things he 'd done in the Hebrides . |
| 3 | Kynaston had fulfilled his promise , but now he applied his diagnostic skills to the unrepining dead , whose eyes could n't implore him to offer hope , whose mouths could no longer cry out . |
| 4 | He had heard that Newgate was a hell-hole but now he experienced it first hand and understood why some prisoners went quickly insane . |
| 5 | But now he wants our young men , so he is gracious . |
| 6 | And at first this beast had made a low girning , growling sound , but now he hushed his threatening , and waved his tail slowly , and the little grey man said , ‘ Otto is of the opinion that you are honest . |
| 7 | But today he cut them each two thick slices , beautifully juicy with blood . |
| 8 | Simon has made his name in speedway and long track racing … he 's triple world champion … but today he faces his biggest test yet . |
| 9 | Meredith thought she detected a gentler tone creeping into his words , and felt comforted , but then he spoilt it all . |
| 10 | For a moment she was rigid but then he felt her whole body suddenly relax . |
| 11 | ‘ But then he gave me half an ounce on credit . |
| 12 | ‘ But yet he diverts his sexual energies into fighting . ’ |
| 13 | But actually he built his first engine , I think , for a quarry in |