Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus from the West Indies had been lost but he had seen one in the physic garden at Amsterdam where , with proper management , it was in great vigour . |
| 2 | But he had discovered something surprising . |
| 3 | But he had said nothing , only looked subdued , and Adam realized why . |
| 4 | But he had said nothing , and his silence was beginning to hurt her . |
| 5 | He thought that the Robemaker was waiting for him to do so ; perhaps somehow to indicate that he would ask for mercy , but he had done nothing . |
| 6 | Nicholas I had put some order into 200 years of imperial legislation by publishing the Complete Collection and Digest of the Laws , but he had done nothing to alter judicial procedure . |
| 7 | But he had done none of these things Instead he had kept his temper , and not even threatened to raise his hand . |
| 8 | But he had brought one . |
| 9 | But he had to tell someone of the joy dying inside him . |
| 10 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |