Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But gradually he gained confidence . |
| 2 | Burun loves power , but also he desires order in the land and so he will protect me . |
| 3 | Water colours and oil paints took over , but now he prefers computer programs as a creative outlet . |
| 4 | In 1968 Nixon won the Presidential election , on his promise to end the war , but even he wanted victory for America and would not withdraw until this had been achieved . |
| 5 | But even he needs help , for it is not easy to grab an insect or pluck a dangling fruit if you have a couple of half-grown babies on your back . |
| 6 | Yes , silly , but then he invented Christianity , did n't he , so all the Jews were supposed to stop being Jews and be Catholics instead . |
| 7 | I got together with a school friend when I was 12 — I 'd just started playing guitar — and we played Beatles and Stones numbers , but then he got hold of a Muddy Waters album and that just blew us away ! |
| 8 | For a moment or two , he withstood the pleasure , but then he took hold of her hips and drew her hard into him . |
| 9 | For a few seconds even Morse was lost a little ; but then he grinned acknowledgement : ‘ You 're a cultured sod . ’ |
| 10 | His baggy rambles about his day-to-day , metropolitan life , and his energetic use of his body in his joke-telling ( he calls it ‘ physicalising ’ , but then he did drama at university ) has earned him two appearances on Tonight With Jonathan Ross , about a million bookings per week on the London circuit , and a place in the hearts of audiences and promoters . |
| 11 | In August he went again to Switzerland , and for a week in September he looked after his grandniece who had travelled to London to see him ; but then he contracted athlete 's foot and had once again to enter a nursing home . |
| 12 | Probably he needed a doctor , but certainly he needed warmth and shelter and a bed . |