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 | ‘ He 's being very brave but he did adore her , you know . ’ |
| 3 | Trainer Frank Berry reckons he is now in the clear but he has n't the form to recommend him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , funny but he had to shout |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The van was empty but he made a note of the number and it checks . |
| 12 | I indicated that Bunny 's glass was empty but he shook his head . |
| 13 | ( " he is not old but he suffers terribly from gout " ) . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | His hair was thinning on top but he had a small ponytail at the back . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ He can swim long distances , mostly one-sided but he manages it , and he adores it . |
| 23 | When he finally released his grip , Robinson 's hand felt numb but he managed to hide the discomfort . |
| 24 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 25 | Nick looked bored but he licked his forefinger and drew it across his throat . |
| 26 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 27 | They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend . |
| 28 | He may have looked like a bank-clerk but he had the heart of a poet , whether he wrote in iambic pentameters or the plain but effective doggerel of the common man . |
| 29 | Nikolaus Pevsner was nearer the mark when he wrote of him that ‘ his forms ( may be ) individually feeble but he knew how to compose . ’ |
| 30 | Oh aye he gets sick but he do n't get |