Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It set fire to the sheets , but luckily he managed to put the flames out with some water . ’ |
| 2 | Bob is still waiting to be summoned by Paisley Hospital , but luckily he has had very little trouble meanwhile . |
| 3 | The bag is difficult to get a hold on , but eventually he manages to secure a line to it and troops back up the road to the waiting vehicles . |
| 4 | He desperately tried to pull strings with people he knew in Parma so that he would not be called up , but eventually he had to go . |
| 5 | Strictly speaking he was simply a private citizen , but effectively he continued to govern the island , maintaining a court of justice , and generally overseeing its affairs . |
| 6 | He had intended to head back to the funicolare station but perhaps he had taken a wrong turning somewhere in his hurry to get away from Maidstone 's apartment . |
| 7 | But perhaps he 'd left it too late . |
| 8 | She had felt disappointment waiting to pounce , but swiftly he had assured her it was a magic egg , that if she washed with it carefully it would hatch . |
| 9 | But suddenly he seemed to blossom out and take weight , like a ghost deciding to cross back over the frontier from the land of death . |
| 10 | But soon he had to slacken , for Nora made no attempt to match his pace . |
| 11 | Up to this point , the females have assiduously ignored the male , but soon he starts testing them to see if they are ready to mate . |
| 12 | Fame is a less brilliant commodity in England , but nevertheless he had to keep his address secret , to protect himself not only from letters and telephone calls but also from undesirable visitors who might arrive at Carlyle Mansions . |
| 13 | Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more . |
| 14 | He did not resume his role as a major lender until after 1689 but meanwhile he had blossomed into a Kentish landowner and re-entered Parliament . |
| 15 | He craned over the balcony again , but finally he seemed to sigh . |
| 16 | Of course he had known Rufus had this in mind , was three years through his time at medical school , had already considerable knowledge and nous — who could forget that ? — but somehow he had imagined that the same fate would have overtaken the others as had overtaken him , a deathly stultifying , an inhibition on all that was ambitious and of ascendant character , a remorseful withdrawing into the shade . |
| 17 | But somehow he had got in . |
| 18 | She had never intended to become involved in this kind of conversation with the soldier , but somehow he had trapped her into replying . |
| 19 | Mark knows he 's supposed to call them clients , but somehow he keeps calling them patients . |
| 20 | But somehow he does get things done , and he has , after all , resisted the lure of the west up to a point — ‘ can I say that I could now fill 360 days with western offers and stay somewhere between America , Europe and Japan for an entire year ? ’ — to continue his own reconstruction work at the Maryinsky . |
| 21 | Strange dreams disturbed his mind : weird animals chased him down long dark valleys , but gradually he came to know that they were only nightmares . |
| 22 | But yesterday he had dismissed the thought . |
| 23 | But yesterday he admitted ignoring the judge 's advice . |
| 24 | No he 's not a spastic but like he does talk some serious shit . |
| 25 | He was not supposed to know whether the dealer was buying or selling on his client 's behalf , but nonetheless he attempted to guess this from the runner 's facial expression and comments . |
| 26 | Michael saw that his brother 's mind had moved — not far , hardly at ail , but still he had moved . |
| 27 | Unemployment has risen by nearly 1 million in the time that the hon. Gentleman has been Chancellor and Prime Minister , but still he refuses to do anything useful to stop that remorseless rise . |
| 28 | But still he went shopping and renewed his hunting licence , bought a new fishing reel and cassettes of country music . |
| 29 | He supposed that she had to be somewhere and he reminded himself that they were n't supposed to be together so what did it matter , but still he kept catching himself scanning the crowd for her . |
| 30 | but still he stopped to play . |