Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] but he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't know much about Islam but he was aware that being an imam was a bit like being a Vice-president for Life . |
| 2 | He had no head for titles but he was sure his wife 's friends at home would be interested . |
| 3 | She wanted details about Pascoe but he offered only that the man had been found dead at home . |
| 4 | He would have liked to have made a run for Mexico but he had work to do , and there was n't a chance of their surviving that long a race against the hurricane . |
| 5 | THE ANGUISH OF DEFEAT ENGLAND 'S World Cup exit was a sad occasion for Gazza but he 's desperately keen to pull on that old white shirt again . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been refusing that man a cheque book for months but he just went inside and someone from senior management , who has n't been behind a counter for years , just hands one over without a thought . ’ |
| 7 | I always knew them as dinosaurs but he knows |
| 8 | He bad a good platform manner and a great capacity for work but he was an inveterate intriguer . |
| 9 | His enemies called for peace but he brought them death . |
| 10 | When I said she was n't here , he asked where she was and I said Maidstone and he said she 'd moved and I said then I did n't know but he could leave the flowers here for Frank but he would n't . |
| 11 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 12 | There were noises of enthusiasm but he quickly quelled them . |
| 13 | I got him a couple of times but he was one of the best I ever bowled to . |
| 14 | He was a different type of skater but he did plenty of modern lip stuff including backside smith stop to fakie , and much other to-fakie weirdness . |
| 15 | In the meantime , I think David had come to realize that he was responsible for an enormous amount of business at RCA in the United Kingdom — something like 4% of their total gross was David Bowie products — and he was making an enormous amount of money but he did n't have anything . |
| 16 | He was plainly suffering because he had denied Sheila her chance of university but he could not have acted in any other way , perhaps through race fear of the poorhouse or plain temperament . |
| 17 | He shook his head in a little motion of disbelief but he knew there could be no turning back . |
| 18 | Try to persuade him to make a real effort to give up smoking — he may put on a bit of weight but he can tackle that later — and to eat frequent snacks throughout the day instead of two or three heavy meals . |
| 19 | Gazza , who will be watched by England No 2 Lawrie Mcmenemy tonight , said : ‘ Luigi could n't get in the side because of Maradona but he talks about him with no jealously , only admiration . |
| 20 | Lewis , 54 , is chairman of Glamorgan but he will quit that job next week . |
| 21 | He was n't hurt and he did n't let go of Caspar but he howled , an awful wailing with his mouth open . |
| 22 | This was at the limit of the effective range of canister but he could afford to wait no longer ; his men were so weak , their movements so sluggish that they would need every extra second if they were to re-load and fire another charge before the enemy reached the ramparts . |
| 23 | In 1913 Lord Selborne tried to mount a campaign against the sale of honours but he had a lukewarm response : Salisbury thought it would not achieve anything useful , Lansdowne urged that the views of the party organizers should be sought , and Law urged him " not to obscure the Marconi issue " . |
| 24 | When Richard died , in 1199 , John succeeded him as King of England and Duke of Normandy but he abandoned the Duchy in 1203 , only to prepare expeditions , in 1205 , to recover his position in France , imposing heavy taxes in England . |
| 25 | Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme . |
| 26 | He had shattered her barrier of ice but he had left her defenceless . |
| 27 | Not only does he handle the commercial activities of Kew but he is also responsible for its little-publicised conservation work . |
| 28 | David Murray became chairman at Ibrox in 1988 and , asked about the Liverpool manager 's record in the transfer market , said : ‘ Sure Graeme has spent a lot of cash but he 's sold well as well . |
| 29 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 30 | God , said Dionysius , is not only above our notions of goodness but he is above ‘ God ’ himself as we understand him . |