Example sentences of "but he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he released her and said , ‘ Not very responsive . |
| 2 | His mouth tightened but he released her wrist , eyes glittering , and she ran up the stairs , into her bedroom , slammed the door , locked it , then knew with a terrible deep certainty that she had run from her own desire . |
| 3 | But he released a decree placing the media under his protection and ordering the ministry of the interior to take ‘ necessary measures ’ to defend the state-run television , radio and information agencies . |
| 4 | It 's got a lot to do with the melody but he sounds like he really means it . |
| 5 | They have got an accent this 's got one but he sounds more Lancashire than anything . |
| 6 | This meant that , with the nineteen SDLP members , Faulkner could form a government but he represented only a minority of the unionist voters . |
| 7 | But he represented authority , parentage , religion . ’ |
| 8 | He failed in three attempts to secure election to the Trades Union Congress 's parliamentary committee , but he represented the vellum binders at the foundation conference of the labour representation committee in February 1900 , and was elected to its executive . |
| 9 | But he adored little boys and when my son Mark was born , he became his godfather . ’ |
| 10 | Sean will hear the classic ‘ Kissing In The Back Row ’ and ‘ Under The Boardwalk ’ each night of the 30-date tour but he promises : ‘ I could listen to them every night for 100 nights . ’ |
| 11 | His face was pinched with cold and he looked rather dejected , but he greeted them heartily . |
| 12 | But he greeted me by swearing at me , so I went into the hall to find somebody else . |
| 13 | Gazza , who will be watched by England No 2 Lawrie Mcmenemy tonight , said : ‘ Luigi could n't get in the side because of Maradona but he talks about him with no jealously , only admiration . |
| 14 | ‘ But he talks a lot of tripe about football , and his team 's a disgrace . ’ |
| 15 | He looks extremely real and solid , and is clearly not illusory , but he talks in a stiff , halting manner . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's a killer , Wallace , but he talks like a suicide . ’ |
| 17 | but he talks as if he , he was born in that country , I mean I could be really patriotic to Wales |
| 18 | Only see one way in which we are like God is in having moral and spiritual capacities no other creature has moral and spiritual capacities , they do not of the potential to worship , they do not of a code er , er , of moral laws , they 're not governed by that , it 's a case of , of the , might makes right , it 's a case of the strongest the one that survives and the weakest goes to the wall you 've only got to look er at a litter of pups and the last one is the one that 's pushed to the back every time is n't it , there 's no moral law there , those pups and the , and the bitch does n't er work out , that because that one is weaker it should be getting more , more nourishment , it should be cared for better , it does n't work like that in any thing else , but God has placed within humanity a moral responsibility and his place within as a spiritual capacity , were more than just animals , were created in his image , so God created us , capable of knowing him and growing to be like him and in his original creation they 're in need of , the , the , the highlight of it was when he came down and communicated and talked with Adam and Eve there in the garden and shared his heart with them and there was this perfect commune between God the creator and man his creation , he never did it to any animal , he did n't go and talk to the trees and the plants perfect though they were , he never looked on any of the other creatures that he had made , wonderful though they may be , beautiful in their colouring , and go and talk with them , but he talks with Adam and he shares his heart with him his purpose is that Adam should communicate with him and walk with him and has fellowship with him , growing to be like him , but you see even though God created us like that , he did n't create us as puppets , it was n't God up in heaven pulling the strings and Adam did that and Eve did this and that was how it were , God is not a puppeteer and he made as capable of choosing good and evil , he gave us moral choices , because he made us his moral beings and so we could choose to do this and not to do that , we could choose to , to do this and to leave the other undone . |
| 19 | So the attendant says to her , have you got a wrist watch and she had n't got her wrist watch on , but he spotted her wedding ring and he said , I 'll take that and she said , she had to hand her wedding er ring over and she vowed when she put that on that she would never |
| 20 | Wolfram may never have seen a Muslim ; but he preaches , with outspoken conviction , the common humanity , the common place in God 's purpose , of Christian and heathen — ‘ spare God 's handiwork ’ . |
| 21 | I know this may not be popular … in some ways I 'd prefer to drop Strachan … but he keep defying age & playing brilliant ! ! |
| 22 | ‘ You wo n't catch him , ’ said Philip but he ran after Lee . |
| 23 | Frederick was apparently brought up there with the daughter , Hester , of the new marriage , but he ran away to sea . |
| 24 | Top weight and soft ground proved his undoing but he ran an absolute cracker to finish third to Sibton Abbey . |
| 25 | ‘ They 've seen him but he ran away ! |
| 26 | It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow . |
| 27 | I saw him running away , but he ran faster than any man could go — too fast for me to catch . |
| 28 | I do n't know how many years had There 's a chap in the village , Jim , he might be remember , but he ran out of time too , to win the cup I think . |
| 29 | But he ran out of steam in the closing stages , took a 6 at the long sixth , and gave hope to the rest that the £41,660 top prize might still be available . |
| 30 | Thomas could now look back on the papers he had begun , or completed and sold in his first two terms , as ‘ vain stuff ’ but he continued to write verses , which were sent to Harry and Helen . |