Example sentences of "[noun] but he [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was beginning to get to know them as individuals and to glimpse their relationships but he could never be more than the outsider looking in . |
| 2 | Anton 's likely to play at Brighton on Saturday but he 'll probably be away on Monday and it would be difficult to play him on Wednesday . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ A man can be dead tired after a week 's work but he can still give his wife a helping hand . |
| 4 | He 'd do all the slaughtering , do all that sort of business , but he would n't er he did , he used to come and help us Fridays and Saturdays but he 'd rather be up the farm on his tractor . |
| 5 | He told us that he expected to be posted to the front at some time in the next few weeks but he would still be home by Christmas ; an officer had told him that the bloody Huns would have been sent packing long before then . |
| 6 | I think he 'd tried to make a certain birdie but he 'd really come unstuck . |
| 7 | I tried to speak to Brian Clough but he would never take my calls . |
| 8 | nice personalities but he could now do a runner with our van could n't they ? |
| 9 | ‘ He would take things on loan but he could never make up his mind . |
| 10 | I was friendly with him and admired his taste and style but he could never be induced to look seriously at my paintings . |
| 11 | Mr Major believes privatisation might be the answer but he could yet be persuaded against such a drastic course . |
| 12 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
| 13 | You were n't allowed to smoke on school premises but he 'd always light up while we were rehearsing . |
| 14 | Sure , Mike 's a bit of a rebel but he 'd never kill anybody . ’ |
| 15 | He had enjoyed the workmen 's company but he would also be grateful to get away from the noise of the machines , especially the incessant throbbing of the jackhammers . |
| 16 | Elaine 's houseproud ways got on his nerves but he would rather them than this dirty cat 's way of living . |
| 17 | He may have been christened Henry but he 'll certainly be known as ‘ Hairy ’ . |
| 18 | He had been too young to read the note but he could still remember how that table had looked when he came in , its top at the time the height of his own shoulder . |
| 19 | These are the skills , and the mastery over the material but he must also progress in his understanding and widen his experience by looking . |
| 20 | Whisked ‘ Andrew has always regarded her as a good mother but he can no longer turn a blind eye to her behaviour . |
| 21 | ‘ I understand he might be talked about because he 's my son but he 'll only make it if he 's good enough . |