Example sentences of "but he [verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to have one but he got fed up of me using it so he cut plug off |
| 2 | But he had swung round at the sound of a vehicle approaching . |
| 3 | He had n't got a job yet but he had gone up to London every day this week and come home in a jolly mood . |
| 4 | But he had gone out of the front door , banging it , leaving his shoes on the table which she 'd always believed was bad luck . |
| 5 | But he had ridden up on a valiant steed with all the trappings of chivalrous knighthood . |
| 6 | Fei was not a native of the community that he studied ( the village of Kaihsienkung , in the Yangtze Delta , about 1 25 miles south-west of Shanghai ) , but he had grown up in the same district so that he was familiar with the nuances of the local dialect . |
| 7 | D Rae new machine working well , but he had come up against MS-Works limitations . |
| 8 | Not only that , but he had worked out in the gym that morning , then managed a half-hour nap before heading out for an unusually late lunchtime start from the VIP terminal at Heathrow . |
| 9 | But he had brought back with him from the pilgrimage no feeling of achievement or merit , only a sense of failure with which he was already too familiar . |
| 10 | Yes , she 'd been worried about Nicolo 's intentions , but he 'd gone out of his way to tell her — to show her — that he was n't the least bit interested in her as a woman . |
| 11 | Julie had asked him what was going on but he 'd rushed out without telling her , mumbling only that it was important and that he did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 12 | While undergoing an operation his heart has stopped , but he has come back to life after having been declared dead and deposited in a coffin . |
| 13 | Grant 's been off , but he 's gone back to work today . |
| 14 | I phoned Kevin , I 've got Kevin 's mum and dad 's phone number off Dave and phoned at home but he 's gone out for the day or something they said . |
| 15 | But he 's doped up to the eyeballs and he 's in you know , painkillers . |