Example sentences of "but he [is] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reductionism is produced by his anxiety to be treated as a serious scientist , but he is mistaken in thinking that only biologically observable or biochemically measurable concepts and propositions count as science in the study of human action . |
| 2 | still has all the original documentation for the car and believes the 51,000 miles on the speedo to be true , but he is fascinated by its history and would like to find our more . |
| 3 | A good performer on the Flat , Vintage Crop won the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last October on his previous trip over from Ireland , but he is bedevilled by muscle problems in his back and has very limited hurdling experience . |
| 4 | Edwards ' racism towards Indians is inexcusable , but he is tied to his feelings for his abducted niece . |
| 5 | But he is represented under a legal aid order , this defendant , by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today . |
| 6 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 7 | But he is hampered along the way by a girl ( Miranda Otto ) . |
| 8 | Johnny McBride is hardly out of the Juvenile ranks but he is regarded as one of the most talented under-age players within the Oak Leaf county . |
| 9 | But he is perceived as the spokesman of the new regime , and he has always said that he wanted the Panel to ‘ find a company to hang ’ . |
| 10 | But he is found by the air hostess and bustled on board . |
| 11 | There is only the lower half of the hero on the sherd but he is identified by the club , an unusually thin example , and with a cross hilt one expects on a sword , on his right hangs the lower part of the lion skin , behind him on the left are two long-necked birds , identifying this Labour , although there is no evidence of the bow ( fig. 14.35 ) . |
| 12 | The week is costing him around £800 , but he is helped by discounted food and drink bills at Augusta and the reduced cost of staying with local people . |
| 13 | But he is left with memories his time as an MP is a considerably longer stretch than the 50 days enjoyed by Ossie O'Brien in Darlington in 1983 . |
| 14 | CAR co-ordinator Rod Jones said : ‘ I thought it would be a good idea for baby Bogdan to join us but he is booked for hospital tests next week . |
| 15 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 16 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 17 | But i but he is bothered about it . |
| 18 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 19 | But he is feared by militants to be considering adopting Lime Street-inspired suggestions of a cap on members ' losses of 100 per cent of their underwriting capacity . |
| 20 | Police have yet to name the dead man but he is thought to be from the Grangetown area . |
| 21 | Teague 's career looked all over after the world cup final … but he 's beaten off a shoulder injury and is back at his best … so too is Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody he rode five winners on saturday … today he won again on the Nicholson trained Now Your Talkin … he 's the top jockey with 40 winners … now he 's talkin … the Williams team from Didcot do n't do a lot of talking apart from Nigel of course but they 've swept the board in formula one this season … |
| 22 | I suspect he 's happier in sports cars , but he 's determined to be a country gent ! ’ |
| 23 | His name may not be familiar , but he 's known for playing cruel , heartless men . |
| 24 | Like most boys he 's full of sin but he 's promised to be good . |
| 25 | Sayer has come to work as a laboratory assistant but he 's drawn to a group of patients scattered throughout the hospital . |
| 26 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , but he 's changed in the last year or so . |