Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the bluff , reticent Arthur such wit suggests the Christmas spirit has already got to him but he added realistically that his decision depends on the state of the ground : ‘ If it 's bottomless he wo n't run . ’ |
| 2 | Jenna began heatedly , but he glanced away as his mother came towards them across the lawn . |
| 3 | My father 's feelings towards the General were , naturally , those of utmost loathing ; but he realized too that his employer 's present business aspirations hung on the smooth running of the house party — which with some eighteen or so people expected would be no trifling affair . |
| 4 | But he drove off when her husband appeared . |
| 5 | But he did n't and her heart slowed , raced , panicked and nearly died . |