Example sentences of "but he [verb] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no right to wear the tie but he felt that it was rather distinguished and so far no one had caught him out . |
| 2 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 3 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 4 | I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory ! |
| 5 | But he knew that it was a fantasy . |
| 6 | Trent thought of calling at her to relax but he knew that it would be as pointless as trying another smile . |
| 7 | In theory he supposed he could organize PANUP from anywhere in the UK , but he knew that it was irrevocably bound to Larksoken headland , to the caravan , to that concrete mass five miles to the north which had power , apparently , to dominate his will as it did his imagination . |
| 8 | John does n't care for the paintings , and there 's no financial incentive , but he feels that it 's expected of him , by nurses , and by the stone and metal hydra called society . |
| 9 | To achieve the rank of finalist is not only an honour for himself but he feels that it is shared with those who have worked with him in the team . |
| 10 | At a press conference the Prime Minister , Carl Bildt , agreed that it was likely that the surveillance equipment had been installed by the former Soviet authorities , but he insisted that it was Russia 's responsibility , as the successor state , to remove them . |
| 11 | He insisted that no decisions about future spending had been taken , but he believed that it was right ‘ that there should be a widespread review and it is right that there should be a big debate . ’ |
| 12 | Broomhead had at first considered giving the woman a salutation from his vast treasury of filthy language when she approached him , but he realised that it might damage his rather good reputation . |
| 13 | The explanation of why this happens , was not forthcoming but he denies that it is another traditional textile term . |
| 14 | But he thought that it was as if Fael-Inis had somehow taken a shard of pure light and splintered it , and then scattered it about them . |
| 15 | But he added that it was not normal to find such evidence . |
| 16 | But he added that it was too early to try to determine ‘ the exact nature of the wiretaps and the identity of those responsible . ’ |
| 17 | But he admits that it leaves as mysterious as in 1837 , how the maturation of the individual fertilized ovum ensures that the changes be adaptive in each generation . |
| 18 | But he insists that it follows from it and others of the same kind that knowledge is impossible . |
| 19 | But he calculated that it had to be worth it , that such casualties would be minor compared with those which would result from a prolonged , slogging , hand-to-hand battle . |
| 20 | Ross , for one , fully endorsed the doctrine of the naturalistic fallacy , but he held that it was a bad mistake on Moore 's part to define such expressions as ‘ right ’ , ‘ wrong ’ , ‘ ought ’ ’ obligatory' by way of ‘ good ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It is pretty clear they have got the message from institutional shareholders , ’ but he warned that it could take years for Barclays to recover from the bad lending made in the late 1980s . |
| 22 | He had never believed that anything like this could happen to him — this being , he supposed , love at first sight — but he acknowledged that it had . |
| 23 | From his visit to the Burgers , Wycliffe had learned something about art , more about the art trade , and a good deal about Edwin Garland , but he wondered whether it had brought him any closer to establishing a motive for the murder of Francis . |