Example sentences of "but [adv] he is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just about gets away with it as a teenager in long shot and make-up , but mostly he is heard ( putting on a ‘ young ’ voice ) and not seen . |
| 2 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 3 | But soon he is forced by famine to go down to Egypt , and when he is about to cross the border he resorts to a ploy which knocks him straight off any pedestal we might have erected for him . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State may try to dodge the issue but tonight he is asking us to allow him and British Coal to pay for the top-of-the-range redundancy levels which the interim report from Rothschild urges as a necessary prerequisite for privatisation — |
| 5 | ‘ I moved over from our house in Nimes with Raphael after Eric but now he is going to Manchester we 're staying here to live . |
| 6 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 7 | I have started divorce proceedings , as we have been living apart for the last two months , but now he is pleading with me to take him back . |
| 8 | But now he is battling back and using a comb again . |
| 9 | Brady has a reputation for straight talking , for furious commitment , but even he is beginning to run out of words , to run out of answers . |
| 10 | But instead he is talking about keeping up research and development on space-based systems — which is exactly what was being done before . |
| 11 | If he makes any mistake no harsh remark is made , but quietly he is asked to go through again and point out such-and-such a sheep or goat which has been purposely hidden . |