Example sentences of "[adj] but he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sentence context , Henry is n't Scottish but he wears a … , this function may not be important . |
| 2 | I apologized to him for this but he said , " I 'm glad to be out of it . |
| 3 | I see here 's got such a lot on this but he says erm Well I 've lost where I was . |
| 4 | A complaint from George er in the pre-packs this morning , reference er going through the U V A. Apparently , I do n't understand this but he says it 's wearing out erm belts at a cost of a hundred and forty a pair every fortnight . |
| 5 | He had only one more room to do , he said , and he should have finished long before this but he 'd been badly delayed in the car on the other side of the dining car , which he had in his care also . |
| 6 | There was a certain reassurance in this but he did n't say how many or how , and there was the nagging thought that equally well-tutored scientific opinion could be found to argue with him . |
| 7 | In this poem you get the feeling that Owen is not actually taking part in this but he has seen it happening before and so , unlike all the rest , it is not completely based on his own experience . |
| 8 | I 'm a bit weary about this but he seems |
| 9 | ‘ He 's being very brave but he did adore her , you know . ’ |
| 10 | Trainer Frank Berry reckons he is now in the clear but he has n't the form to recommend him . |
| 11 | The driver had the good manners to signal with headlights that he was clear but he stayed in the overtaking lane , letting the twin turbos build up speed . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ This is all beautifully rosy but he has not mentioned his plans to tax companies by half a per cent on the payroll for a training tax or plans to enforce a minimum wage on small and medium sized companies which will be particularly badly hit . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , funny but he had to shout |
| 14 | And yet he can watch the telly and he reads the newspaper and yet you do n't , he ca n't understand English but he 'd be watching this right and it is ha laugh so something must be funny but he du n no what 's happening . |
| 15 | When Spurgeon opened Pastor 's College in 1856 some of the first pupils were illiterate but he insisted that his aim was to equip ‘ a class of ministers who will not aim at lofty scholarship , but at the winning of souls — men of the people ’ . |
| 16 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 17 | I mean I 'm not saying he 's alcoholic but he goes out with the lads and he you know he 'll he 'll sort of thud up the stairs . |
| 18 | The van was empty but he made a note of the number and it checks . |
| 19 | I indicated that Bunny 's glass was empty but he shook his head . |
| 20 | ( " he is not old but he suffers terribly from gout " ) . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm a firm believer in breastfeeding and intend to feed Jake until he 's at least a year old but he has a bottle of formula milk when I 'm out in the evening and drinks from a spouted cup at mealtimes — usually pure juice because there 's no added sugar . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Wood has helped to nurse back to health badgers injured on the road or found orphaned but he has never come across one which has been used for baiting . |
| 23 | Simon Wigg says that everybody was laughing at him because the bike looked so different but he had the last laugh … won the title and that 's what it 's all about … |
| 24 | His hair was thinning on top but he had a small ponytail at the back . |
| 25 | he says he does n't go out so often but it 's more a question of qality and not quantity … its tough to stay on top but he goes out to Florida most years to train and learn the new techniques |
| 26 | Injuries reduced his availability in 1988–89 but he captained The Eagles through the following season upon the club 's return to Division One , while also scoring vital goals against Portsmouth and at Cambridge in our tremendous run to the 1990 FA Cup Final , where his performances impressed observers . |
| 27 | He and she were similar but he had a natural goodness which she lacked , and she did not want to claim aloud that she understood him because that , in itself , would lead to misunderstanding . |
| 28 | The images so vague in his mind were now quite clear and distinct but he had to be certain : the solution must be presented like a concise clear legal document , everything in its right place and , unfortunately , there were still gaps to be filled and ragged ends tidied up . |
| 29 | I 've read about Mr help line , I did n't realise he had a direct connection to the almighty but he 's obviously got his instructions and erm we are very pleased that he 's going along the right lines . |
| 30 | ‘ He can swim long distances , mostly one-sided but he manages it , and he adores it . |