Example sentences of "but he have [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newcomen died in 1729 , when his engines were coming into increasing use all over Europe as well as in Britain , and soon in America too , but he had gained little financial advantage from his invention . |
| 2 | Not only had he paid out money , some of it his own , but he had forgone almost a month of lunches with Mrs Tobias in the ‘ Dolce Vita ’ . |
| 3 | Of course , he had n't come up with answers , but he had indicated where , in what directions , further work might pay the necessary dividend . |
| 4 | But he had swung round at the sound of a vehicle approaching . |
| 5 | Horne 's commonsense told him to run but he had waited too long . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's fine , ’ said Comfort , ‘ but he had to go back to the hospital after dinner . |
| 7 | and what we doing now is London , London yesterday and you , you should have been at home today but he had to go back to London again so I did n't keep him very much , given up is it ? |
| 8 | He had n't got a job yet but he had gone up to London every day this week and come home in a jolly mood . |
| 9 | But he had gone out of the front door , banging it , leaving his shoes on the table which she 'd always believed was bad luck . |
| 10 | But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him . |
| 11 | But he had to do better than that . |
| 12 | But he had seen that much at once . |
| 13 | Vologsky had not monitored all his automatic recording , but he had seen enough to know that things were really serious . |
| 14 | He had not had time to compare more than a few paragraphs scattered throughout each text , but he had seen enough to know that their contents were practically identical . |
| 15 | His penetration was n't deep enough for her to really grip him with her vaginal muscles , but he had seen how clitoral massage aroused her . |
| 16 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 17 | Now aged fifty-four years , Rodrigo was still a splendid figure , possessed of as much energy and strength as in his youth — but he had campaigned almost unceasingly for nearly thirty years against the Moors and against Christian enemies . |
| 18 | For one moment Isambard was caught off-guard , but he had lived in and trained and trusted that hard old body of his for sixty years , and in emergencies his very muscles thought for him . |
| 19 | His eyes seemed to be dark with emotion , and she wanted to say something , even apologise again , but he had turned away and started the car . |
| 20 | But he had to watch very keenly : Robinson had won notable bouts . |
| 21 | But he had travelled only a few miles when he lost his way among the dark country lanes near his home in Diss , Norfolk . |
| 22 | Fred was a lovely man , he was warm and tender towards her , and she knew that he loved her dearly , but he had become very possessive since Rachel was born . |
| 23 | But he had determined not to exonerate himself in the course of his conversation with Mrs Mallory , and he had held grimly to that resolution . |
| 24 | But he had called on |
| 25 | She had suggested to him , although of course not in words , that it would be a good idea to alter their pattern of lovemaking to something a little more adult , but he had moved away : shrunk , dwindled , and moved away . |
| 26 | But he had ridden up on a valiant steed with all the trappings of chivalrous knighthood . |
| 27 | Aggressive French patrols had prevented Sharpe getting close to the road a second time , but he had ridden near enough to see the dust clouds drifting away from the boots , hooves and wheels of an army on the march . |
| 28 | Benjamin Titford 's material and social success during a lifetime spanning 65 years could not match that of William the Undertaker , but he had done very well for himself , for all that . |
| 29 | The Shah had built up his armed forces and had begun to create a nationwide secret police , but he had done almost nothing to meet the disparate but urgent demands of his people . |
| 30 | But he had sounded entirely serious , and what he had said made sense . |