Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made no bones about his own nationalistic aims for Burma , but he kept faithfully to his brief and certainly helped Indians to see what would happen if the Japanese were victorious . |
| 2 | They sent him along to vacuum the carpets , but he wound up with his very own theatre to practice in . |
| 3 | ‘ But he wound up on his feet with a beautiful family , still making music . |
| 4 | Nuadu could see that his eyes were distended with fright now , but he stared back at his captor , unflinchingly . |
| 5 | Everyone at the Palace was pleased when Mel won an FA Cup winner 's medal with Southampton in 1976 , but he re-appeared briefly in our colours on loan in the winter of 1977–78 and his extra half-dozen games took him into the elite group of those who have played over 250 first class matches for our club . |
| 6 | He was unable to speak but he glared back into her infuriated countenance , and when she said , ‘ And do n't bring Mary and Mick up as examples of paragons , for Mary is really witless ; she 's a good servant and nothing more . |
| 7 | But he came round to my digs one night , when my friends were out … without any warning … he just went mad . |
| 8 | Backley , needing to reach the 80-metre mark , must have been sweating when his opening effort dropped short at 79.36 but he went through with his second throw of 80.76 . |
| 9 | I knew he could withdraw , but he went out of his way to be rude . |
| 10 | Angered , Sara tried to snatch her hand away but he held on to her wrist and put his other arm around her shoulders . |
| 11 | One floor above , a light blinked from the implant on Jonathan 's left wrist , but he tinkered on with his impossible screwdriver . |
| 12 | Jane 's chimp-watching patrols were impossible for him , but he visited often until his death from cancer , which left her devastated . |
| 13 | He was an undergraduate then , of course , but he stayed on for his doctorate , then became a fellow . |
| 14 | But he stayed close to his family , close to Scotland . |
| 15 | Jehan did not think that Sidacai was in any position to impose conditions , but he sat back in his chair , considering . |
| 16 | But he bowled through with his customary dry wit , unveiling a choice of award winners slightly less conservative than those chosen by the electorate the following day . |