Example sentences of "but he [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he later applied this insight to the central issues of political and legal theory . |
| 2 | The model of branching relationships would eventually lead Owen towards a limited kind of evolutionism ( see below ) , but he carefully suppressed this implication in the pre-Darwinian era . |
| 3 | He also had a stab at writing for a living , becoming a reporter on the Bury Times , but he soon lost that job after trying to inject some of his flowery prose into a report on the funeral of a civic dignitary . |
| 4 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 5 | But he also accepted that economics in turn influenced culture ; it was the version of Marxism which saw culture as a mere ‘ reflection ’ of the economic base that Weber was concerned to refute . |
| 6 | Like Beccaria he said that punishment should be primarily justified because of its deterrent effects , but he also proclaimed that punishment of the right kind could serve a further reductivist aim : that of reform . |
| 7 | But he also likes this method because it appears that the famine is caused by the Irish themselves as a result of their lack of husbandry ( which confirms their savagery ) and , thus , appears a natural reward of their refusal to accept the civility of English rule . |
| 8 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 9 | Trevelyan was clearly excited by the prospect of a new Palace of Whitehall , as not only was a large part of his evidence to the Committee devoted to an eloquent description of a monumental scheme he envisaged , but he also produced another scheme for the area in 1866 . |
| 10 | But he also had another side . |
| 11 | For example , it has already been noted ( p. 103 ) that D. G.James showed some sympathy for Leavis 's work ; but he also had some reservations regarding the new developments . |
| 12 | Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science ! |
| 13 | But he again denied any knowledge of Washington 's plans to swap arms to Iran for hostages . |
| 14 | I said to him , ‘ Great shot , Nick , ’ but he hardly showed any emotion . |
| 15 | But he then told each layer of management to appoint the layer below it . |
| 16 | Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical . |
| 17 | His doctors were amazed at the speed of his progress , but he still found some movements awkward on occasion . |
| 18 | But he impatiently dismissed this line of thought . |
| 19 | But Leo had n't got anything but he certainly made enough noise , oh dear . |
| 20 | Dawn Run ( twice ) Street Angel and Atha Cliath were all Mullins winners there but he never had much luck in the National . |
| 21 | But he never had any money — Will always paid for the beer . |
| 22 | She 's mentioned frequently but he never gives any clue as to who she is or the nature of their relationship . ’ |
| 23 | Artemis 's father broke the silence now and then by humming tunelessly to himself , but he never spoke another word , not even after they had ridden into the yard and handed their horses over to Jenkins . |
| 24 | Maisy was a spinster , and appreciated cider almost as much as Sooty ‘ Silly old bugger , ’ muttered Knocker , ‘ but he never makes any trouble , so what can I do ? ’ |
| 25 | But he never found another job . |
| 26 | My husband 's boat was beached and tied but he never fastened that knot . |