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Example sentences of "but he [vb mod] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He would have to lock the boot but he would leave the key in the ignition .
2	Alexandra sometimes found his patience with her mother hard to bear , but he would brook no criticism even from his beloved daughter .
3	He said the world 's racing authorities could persecute him all they liked but he would find a spanner to throw in their works , and they 'd regret it . ’
4	For this reason , he is unable to support birth control by means of contraceptives , but he would have no hesitation in recommending self-control .
5	But he would have a drink and a warm bed awaiting him when he got rid of it .
6	And er from his conversation he appeared to be a homely sort of a chap and er he was outspoken but he would call a spade a spade .
7	I think Jim Mason 's viewpoint is also urging for cooperation with the environment but he may cause a bit of controversy .
8	In that respect , the Minister 's intervention is not valid , but he may have a point in relation to electricity .
9	But he 'll miss the pub .
10	they have n't got any scampi but he 'll have a spring roll no I do n't want , will that be
11	It 's amazing to find Clough in a relegation situation but he 'll have no problem getting Forest out of trouble .
12	And do you know , I very much doubt whether Herluin would have raised any objection to a successful theft , but he 'll have the youngster 's hide now it 's proved a failure . ’
13	But he might hold the rest at the Earn until our fifteen hundred come up from the south . ’
14	‘ No , but he might own a boat .
15	He might lose himself in the books sometimes , but he might find the Key there , too .
16	He would not give them as long , probably , but he might allow a day or two .
17	No , sure she 'd no notion where to find him , but he might ring the house in an hour or so , to see if there were any messages .
18	I remember seeing his ball disappear into what I thought was sand dunes left , but he 'd hit a woman on the head and nearly killed her , and his ball had flown back 60 or 70 yards into the fairway .
19	But he 'd have no defence against a further charge that the explosion was not due to natural causes , unless you regard the detonation of a bomb , almost certainly a plastic explosive , under the main fuel tank as being a natural cause . ’
20	But he 'd need a lot of shelter to survive .
21	But he 'd need the code number as well .
22	But he 'd take the van .
23	Once again the Padre urged his listeners to repent because now the most dangerous time of all was at hand , and he repeated the words he had read earlier : " His fan is in his hand , and he will purge his floor , and gather his wheat into the barn ; but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire . "
24	But he will skipper the side if fit .
25	He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other .
26	He will not hit the headlines , but he will receive the gratitude of patients and nurses .
27	If he wins the next two legs , today and tomorrow , his total prize money as overall Grade A champion will only amount to £970 — but he will have the opportunity to compete at Wembley for the rest of the week .
28	But er in France , there are , there are sixty year old , seventy year old jockeys , but he will win a race because all jockeys win races , I mean it does n't matter how good they are , sometime or other they do win .
29	Baydon Star 's Ascot victim Cadency could do with a stronger gallop than at Huntingdon last time to help him settle , but he can justify the journey from Newmarket for the Scottish Power Handicap Hurdle .
30	Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen .