Example sentences of "but [conj] he [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King said that he had considered abdicating over the question of whether to meet Israel face-to-face , but that he believed that attending the talks would add weight to international calls for Israel 's withdrawal from the occupied territories . |
| 2 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 3 | But whether he did or did not is not the point . |
| 4 | She was not very much surprised to see him on his feet and opening the door , but when he swayed and put a hand on the wall to steady himself she was unable to prevent her own hand going out towards him . |
| 5 | The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up . |
| 6 | But when he loved or hated , it was with his whole heart . |
| 7 | The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre . |