Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have to bite back my angry words — that better men than he had driven the jeep but that I knew he would share their fate . |
| 2 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe he does n't know a squeeze play from a loud foul , but once he senses he 's being got at he can be a vicious SOB . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Bill Dixon Smith ( Tory ) used to be a near neighbour until recently , but although I understand he is still in the area I have no idea if he still takes an active part in the council elections . |
| 5 | Nutty had hoped that underneath his Nailsishness there lay a heart of gold , but if there did he took care not to reveal it . |
| 6 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 7 | But if I assume he is a rogue when in fact he is honest , I cheat myself when I do not trust him . |
| 8 | If I wanted to squander the money in six months or a year , I could do that too , but if I did he would haunt me . ’ |
| 9 | She wanted to tell him that she had n't meant a word she had said , but if she did he would think she was hoping he was the rich man she had talked about . |
| 10 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 11 | If the hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) would like to intervene , I should be pleased to give way , but if he listens he may learn something . |
| 12 | Having to retire early was a shock — but if he felt he could be useful … ’ |
| 13 | But if he did he would see that it was in an old barn , and not at all legal , and then he would make her come home . |
| 14 | But if he did he gave no sign . |
| 15 | But if he believes he can manage a licence bureau better , he must convince those within the bureaucratic channels . |
| 16 | She 's very lovely and I 'm sure she kisses like a veteran , but if you mean he 's been sleeping with her , no ! |
| 17 | Circumstances had obliged him to sell out to three younger partners , but until they came he never had a telephone or typewriter . |
| 18 | So , perhaps it was her or and er tend to like her but but I think he , what he says he means . |
| 19 | And here were people who wanted him not just for the name on the letter-head , but because they thought he could make a positive contribution . |
| 20 | From his own mouth they understood that , regardless of ethnic or regional or age identity , they would have to surrender nothing in order to gain a great deal : that alliance need not produce merger or submergence , that even racist habits of mind became beside the point — you could vote for ‘ the nigger ’ not because you wanted a Black man in your family but because you thought he might save your family farm . |
| 21 | Clough added : ‘ He 's earned himself a contract not because of how well he has done for us , but because I think he can carry on after 32 . ’ |
| 22 | On the 8 October 1955 , Williams left the island for over two months , but before he did he was able to present the recently appointed Governor , Sir Edward Betham Beetham , K.C.M.G. , C.V.O. , O.B.E. , with the signatures of 28,000 people who supported constitutional reform . |
| 23 | Before Hilda he 'd never been the kind who liked to have certainty , but after she came he settled for her way . |
| 24 | But when it stopped he lunged at her face with a jagged edged knife . |
| 25 | But when it stopped he lunged at Janice 's head with the jagged-edged weapon before running off . |
| 26 | But when he does he 's the best . |
| 27 | But when he drank he lost himself somehow . ’ |
| 28 | Outside , the gate had gone from the basement steps , and the slanting roof of the coal hole had fallen in , but when he looked he could see the chafed paint , those marks on the rusted railings , where once he had padlocked his motorcycle . |
| 29 | But when he thought he had reached the peak of his misery and was regretting ever coming to this place the rain started to slow and ease off . |
| 30 | She could just hear the silence filling with exasperation , but when he answered he was quite in control of his temper and his voice . |