Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But eventually he got a horse and cart , and he went into the fish trade . |
| 2 | The captain remonstrated , but eventually he had no option but to give it to her . |
| 3 | Jobs were n't easy but eventually he fixed a slot as a night wire man at a Toronto press agency . |
| 4 | But secretly he loved the idea , and it gave him a great kick to tell his friends and business acquaintances that he was supporting his son on the amateur golf circuit . |
| 5 | But presumably he had a place to go , and he would prefer to keep that problem to himself . |
| 6 | Aläia was also expected to appear on the runway riding on the shoulders of Jean Paul Goude , but apparently he hid the bag containing his gold evening dress so he did n't have to do it . |
| 7 | But suddenly he had an idea . |
| 8 | er he wants money coming in to the central fund er if has in two years time to face a , a trial , these allegations so be it , but meanwhile he wants the money to come in to the central fund for the reason he 's outlined |
| 9 | But finally he had an envelope of papers in one hand and his wallet in the other and Bruno was clutching a wad of Deutsch-marks and challenging Maxim with a twisted leer to say something about that . |
| 10 | But yesterday he said the MP had ‘ failed miserably ’ . |
| 11 | But yesterday he visited the zoo while the Press was kept at arm 's length . |
| 12 | But yesterday he acknowledged the role of teachers . |
| 13 | But yesterday he acknowledged the role of teachers . |
| 14 | For the end of the fourth and early fifth centuries Gregory was able to use the Spanish historian Orosius , and the works of two otherwise unknown authors , Sulpicius Alexander and Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus , but thereafter he had no historian to follow . |
| 15 | But still he made no attempt to move . |
| 16 | I am sure that I was the despair of Ron 's coaching life , but still he made no comment . |
| 17 | Not only did he build and restore churches and monasteries , but also he repaired the city walls ; he corresponded with Caesarius of Clermont about laying underground water-pipes , and he was responsible for severing road-communications with the south to prevent the spread of plague . |
| 18 | In this way Engels asserts the generality of the principles discussed , but also he explains the importance of what he believed were remains of gentile principles in the organization of Greece and Rome . |
| 19 | The little boy had been momentarily subdued in Vitor 's arms , but now he took a breath . |
| 20 | But now he made no comment . |
| 21 | His pace did n't slacken , but now he had a reference point , he could see exactly how far needed to be covered and he felt hopeful . |
| 22 | But now he had the advantage , and he intended to use it … |
| 23 | Wycliffe glanced back at the house and again saw the seated figure in the upstairs room , but now he had the impression that the figure was facing him , looking out of the side window . |
| 24 | He was following a shadow , but now he had an idea about where it was leading him . |
| 25 | Preston had been quite keen when he started the project but now he felt a bit shamefaced about it . |
| 26 | But now he realised the woman was in control as she held his risen monster in her exquisite mouth , and in spite of the urgent movement of his thighs she devoured him as she pleased : sometimes allowing him into the back of her deep throat ; sometimes sipping at the helmet of his quivering phallus . |
| 27 | Engaged in drowning the woman , Fedorov had been slow to respond to the sudden turn in events , but now he recognized the danger and grabbed Lefevre 's sword , wresting it from his feeble grasp as if he were a child . |
| 28 | There was a touch of desperation in her reply which she knew he heard , but surprisingly he made no attempt to mock her , or force her into giving him any more reasons . |
| 29 | He would risk his life coldly where there was need , but here he saw no need . |
| 30 | But here he confuses the issue , for while print may well have initially encouraged authors to focus on an individual 's perception and cognition of the world , this does not mean that this technique is necessarily bound to be dominant in printed texts , for as the novel evolved , so did the concept of point of view . |