Example sentences of "but [conj] he [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Florence of Worcester [ q.v. ] says Canute sent Edward and his brother Edmund to the Swedish king to be killed , but that he passed them to Hungary , where Edmund died and Edward married Agatha , daughter of the brother of an Emperor Henry . |
| 2 | Fisheries Minister Jan Henry Olsen said a quota would be set after the meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) in Kyoto in May but that he expected it to be in the range of a " few hundred " minke whales a year . |
| 3 | But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it . |
| 4 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 5 | But if he gets it into his head that you 're a spy … . |
| 6 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 7 | But when he got it to the check-out the girl assistant asked him to pay £1.99 . |
| 8 | But when he called him into his office he did n't mention this as a reason for the change . |
| 9 | But as he raised it to his lips the windows flashed bright again , and the heavens gave forth another stream of rumbling abuse . |