Example sentences of "but he [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He jumps back , but he already has a mouthful of food . |
| 2 | But he soon became a joke to most of us , because not only was he pedantic and patronizing , he was also frightened of what he 'd started and disliked suggestions for fear they implied that he was going wrong . |
| 3 | That was a little more forthright than she had intended , but he simply smiled a smile of dry amusement . |
| 4 | But he probably received a pay rise of less than 10 per cent in 1988-89 . |
| 5 | I went to the doctor , but he just sent a letter to the Detox Unit and I had to wait three months [ for the appointment ] . |
| 6 | ‘ Talking of smokescreens , Victor — ‘ ' But he just blows a mouthful at me and jabs the end of his cigar into the fug . |
| 7 | But he also plays a steel type Dobro that his father designed and built , called a ‘ Pedabro ’ . |
| 8 | But he also coaches a football team and his secret for teamwork is this . |
| 9 | But he also kept a revolver to hand in the drawer of his desk . |
| 10 | Elaborating on this statement , he said that some of the increase would come from widening access , with more women , more older people and more people from ethnic minorities entering higher education , but he also anticipated a doubling of the participation rates among young people of the relevant age , from the present 15 per cent to 30 per cent . |
| 11 | He had a finger in several pies as well ( which Moroccan has n't ? ) but he also had a dream — of doing something with visitors up in the unknown peaks above Taroudant . |
| 12 | so I went back and a bit later the phone went , er the Bill from the publisher he was , but he also did a bit for one of er diaries or summat like that |
| 13 | Seals and otters were his main concern , but he also did a lot of work with distressed birds . |
| 14 | The husband not only forked food into his mouth with an almost non-stop movement of his right hand , but he also held a corn bun in his left hand so that food could be put into his mouth to fill the split second it took to reload the fork . |
| 15 | But he also adds a warning that , ‘ It was not ‘ traditional ’ ’ then , but new . ’ |
| 16 | Under Charles , the monasteries developed as centres of learning , but he also instigated a programme of reforms of literature , particularly in preservation and copying . |
| 17 | Antoine evidently waved it , but he also makes a distinction between ‘ giving the tempos ’ and ‘ beating time ’ . |
| 18 | Others of his early works are more conventionally neo-classical in manner , but he also designed a number of churches in the Gothic style , some of which — notably that in Rode Hill , Somerset ( 1822–4 ) — are highly , indeed bizarrely , individual , while his Devizes Castle , Wiltshire ( c .1840 ) is in a neo-Norman idiom . |
| 19 | His plan , with the apparent co-operation of the heiress and owner of the papers , was to write a life of Rudyard Kipling [ q.v. ] , but he unwisely signed a contract with her ( Mrs Bambridge ) which gave her sole control over the book as a condition of full access to the family papers . |
| 20 | His face was different , almost human , but he still had a shark 's mouth . |
| 21 | He eats a wide range of solid foods , but he still likes a breastfeed last thing at night . |
| 22 | Mr Major won the day but he still has a problem . |
| 23 | She would give anything to be able to talk with him in private , but he deliberately chose a time when both of them were a home . |
| 24 | He is principally a drummer but he always keeps a guitar on hand in case a new song idea hits him . |
| 25 | He did not always have a voice , but he always had a point of view . |
| 26 | We thanked Peckle but he never stirred a hair . |
| 27 | But he never says a word , just looks miserable because he does n't like me saying ‘ 'fuck' ’ . ' |
| 28 | Yeah , I mean , but he never gets a panic or not and he just lets her get on with it and he just stands there . |
| 29 | ‘ He used his money to help others — but he never made a song and dance about it . ’ |
| 30 | He left the grapes on the vine as long as possible — sometimes even late into October — but he never lost a vintage through frost . ’ |