Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was an intelligent man but he had not travelled far , and we spent hours sitting on the verandah talking about our different cultures — he was fascinated by the idea of social security , the nuclear family , double-decker buses and cricket — while above us dark silhouettes of geckoes scurried across the strip lights . |
| 2 | He too had been waiting , he thought , but he had not realized before that it was for Cora-Beth . |
| 3 | But he had not changed physically , the difference was there in the way he let Susan take the empty cup from his hand without noticing . |
| 4 | She thought she might find Oliver sleeping on the couch which he sometimes did if he came late and did not want to disturb her , but he had not come home . |
| 5 | But he had skilfully pacified even the most vociferous of dissenters . |
| 6 | But he had finally done so and had seen other eagles , each in his own cage , all mature , all seeming big and threatening . |
| 7 | ‘ Police were on the scene very quickly , but he had already cycled away . |
| 8 | ‘ Police were on the scene very quickly , but he had already cycled away . |
| 9 | We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday , but he had already gone away . |
| 10 | I wanted to shake his hand , but he had already turned away . |
| 11 | She would have loved to know what the erring Frau Gesner had done , but he had suddenly looked so stern , so sad , that she had n't the nerve to ask . |
| 12 | He was able to live quite comfortably from the fruits of his labours but he had always wanted just a little more land . |
| 13 | But he 'd never done well there . |
| 14 | Chris Lewis is another contender , not least in the field , but he has not achieved quite enough at this early stage in his career . |
| 15 | I believed that he might bring forward such an amendment , but he has not done so . |
| 16 | But he has n't moved since . ’ |
| 17 | My husband 's sent for the doctor but he has n't arrived yet to confirm it . ’ |
| 18 | But he has now refused either to grant the long-expected pardon or refer the case back to the Court of Appeal . |