Example sentences of "[adj] but he be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was something wrong but he was too tired to reach any conclusion so he went back to his chamber where Ranulf , a fresh cup of wine in his hand , was waiting for him . |
| 2 | Chris Williams put Frankie Machavellio clear but he was unable to lose his mark and the chance was gone . |
| 3 | Steve was doing OK but he was finding it hard to play guitar at the same time as singing . |
| 4 | He 's a bit funny but he 's all right . ’ |
| 5 | He has great timing and is naturally very funny but he was always a gentleman and very professional as well . ’ |
| 6 | In his thriving shop he expected only specialist collectors to be interested but he is surprised and delighted to find that 95% of the customers buy on aesthetic appeal . |
| 7 | He should be brown but he 's not . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's very safe , he 's very careful but he 's fairly pushy . ’ |
| 9 | The stall holder is being unpleasant but he is entitled to refuse to change it . |
| 10 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 11 | He may be old but he 's not stupid . |
| 12 | Only John of Ferentino , who acted for Innocent as a notary when subdeacon , was made a cardinal but he was not given the title of chancellor . |
| 13 | Rudolf Diesel 's father might have been German but he was born in Paris . |
| 14 | Speich was serious — being German but he was also serious because he could see what was coming over the horizon looked like a storm . |
| 15 | He was not clever but he was interested and thorough . |
| 16 | We never got it straight but he was a good MD . |
| 17 | Wallace was threatening and on that day he was aggressive and I thought played pretty well overall but he was often fouled by the Blackburn defence . |
| 18 | His injuries were not serious but he was kept in North Tees Hospital overnight . |
| 19 | no , this guy called Bob , Sar Sarah and me and my usually self wanted to get back , make it serious but he was n't interested |
| 20 | Cagney 's class credentials were as impeccable as those of Bickford and Beery but he was never really to be a worker ; he was a city man and it was the pace , wit , style , and electricity of the city that Cagney now seized on as his hallmark . |
| 21 | He 's known as a bit of a trouble-maker but he 's really helping and striving to make things work well . |
| 22 | This time , he knows it is going to be tight but he is ready . |
| 23 | Erm we did n't play cards he was a bit he was okay but he was obviously he 's finding it hard at times . |
| 24 | He might have been shy but he was not overtly quirky , poetic , or obsessed with icons such as James Dean or Oscar Wilde . |
| 25 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 26 | He was n't too subtle but he was effective . |
| 27 | One of them 's still alive but he 's likely to bleed to death . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 's still alive but he 's lost a lot of blood . |
| 29 | No , he 's still alive but he 's |
| 30 | It was strange but he was n't afraid of the place any more . |