Example sentences of "but he is n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks he is , but he is n't . ’ |
| 2 | He does n't really want it for anything , but he is n't keen on having what he calls a flock of children on his land . |
| 3 | ‘ He waves about so that they 're not quite straight , but he is n't the greatest moving horse in the world ’ . |
| 4 | I love to watch him , because he 's intelligent and he has extraordinary drive and he takes us by surprise , but he is n't an intuitive actor , and we 're aware of how cleverly he 's playing the part . ‘ |
| 5 | But he is n't going to become leader . |
| 6 | But he is n't . |
| 7 | Everybody knows him here , but he is n't a name in America or the rest of the world . |
| 8 | But he is n't . |
| 9 | I dig for his reasons , for the inner need driving his exhibitionism , but he is n't prepared to delve too far . |
| 10 | But he is n't — and how England need the kind of driving confidence that sent Spurs into battle against the doomed Gunners . |
| 11 | Before we had ( Hugo ) Porta who was ideal — but he is n't there any more and the whole of Argentine rugby is suffering a crisis . |
| 12 | You do n't know my husband , Captain — he 's not like this ; he 's an impatient man and used to having his own way , but he is n't like this . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He would if he were here , but he is n't . |
| 14 | Golding is important as a myth-maker — a great formalist and myth-maker — but he is n't the kind of writer who responds to history very much . |
| 15 | ‘ What Roberts does is very good but he is n't so successful as a team manager just because he teaches riders to dirt-track . |
| 16 | " Yes , but he is n't going up it , " I replied sourly . |
| 17 | I think he 's done it , I think he 's across the river and safe and there 's a buzzy glow of vicarious accomplishment starting to well up within me , but then there 's a cracking noise and he falls ; I think he 's tripped and fallen forward but he is n't lying flat on the snow , he 's sunk up to his waist in it and there 's a pool of darkness spreading on the whiteness around him as he struggles , trying to lever himself out and I ca n't believe this is happening , ca n't believe Andy is n't going to jump free ; I 'm yelling in fear now , shouting his name , screaming out to him . |
| 18 | ‘ But he is n't worth it ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But he is n't like the other boys here , ’ Fagin said . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not saying he 's raving mad , ’ she said , ‘ but he is n't like the rest of us . ’ |
| 21 | He 's an electrician but he is n't any good in the house . ’ |
| 22 | Conway put down the telephone and thought , ‘ The old man will be angry , but he is n't important . |
| 23 | But he is n't . ’ |
| 24 | But he is n't a detective . ’ |
| 25 | But he is n't responding to treatment . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The man in hospital has n't been named , but he is n't your Corporal . |
| 27 | ‘ He might find it hard to look at you objectively , but he is n't stupid . |
| 28 | Ah , but he is n't — he 's not in television at all . |
| 29 | But he is n't yours , he never was , it never was any good … ’ |
| 30 | I am shouting into his face but he is n't listening . |