Example sentences of "but he [verb] he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he admitted he had n't seen the pictures before firing Mr Hughes from his £22,000-a-year job with office equipment suppliers Fellowes . |
| 2 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 3 | The Home Secretary stressed last night that the Government had not yet decided whether to bring forward legislation , but he said he did not believe the Hetherington report could just be interred . |
| 4 | But he said he did n't mind as long as he was helping the war effort , and anyway it would all be over in six months and he could go back to selling firewood . |
| 5 | I should have liked to be able to look forward to seeing him , but he said he did n't know how the evening would turn out . ’ |
| 6 | but he said he did n't think er that was it . |
| 7 | He did n't hate her , and he certainly did n't want to hurt her , but he knew he had just done the best thing he could ever do for Sandra Bamfield . |
| 8 | He tried to persuade himself that he 'd locked it but he knew he had n't . |
| 9 | He opened the other drawer but he knew he had n't put them in there . |
| 10 | But he knew he had n't reached that point yet . |
| 11 | He was aware of the immense arrogance of this , but he knew he had not mistaken that long , steady look . |
| 12 | He was n't afraid that his nerve would fail him , only his stomach , but he wished he had n't said lie would be there . |
| 13 | But he thought he 'd already decided . |
| 14 | He did n't know what Gesner was up to but he thought he 'd better tell the Direktor . |
| 15 | But he says he does n't feel the pressure of carrying their aspirations and coping with the adulation . |
| 16 | I ask Mr Jackson if he wants anything from the shop — you know , like fags or a newspaper or summat , but he says he do n't . |
| 17 | Cyril Reenan sold the tape to a newspaper for six thousand pounds , but he says he regrets ever recording it and is going to give the money to charity . |
| 18 | But he admits he did n't follow the correct legal procedures before diverting the river . |
| 19 | His age could count against him but he insists he has fully recovered from a heart attack in 1988 . |
| 20 | He 's attracted to me , but he knows he does n't love me … |
| 21 | cos I mean they do n't usually do they , but he did he came up there to see me |