Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he noted that there had been great differences over the issue of securing international guarantees for the zone , and concluded that the practical realisation of the zone idea was a long-term task . |
| 2 | But he emphasised that he would not put himself up as a challenger to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 3 | Mr. Pannick , for the Secretary of State , did not object to it being raised here ; but he observed that we have no evidence from the department on the topic . |
| 4 | On the last day the instructor held a test , and like the others Tim passed , but he felt that they all would have passed anyway , that the man was there to sell the machine and that no one would be allowed to fail in case they did n't recommend it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He agreed that a regrettable lack of foresight was at the root of it , but he felt that there were extenuating circumstances , and he seemed resolved to do something about it , in so far as he could . |
| 7 | But he felt that he could do no other . |
| 8 | The costs were escalating alarmingly but he felt that he was too far committed to stop . |
| 9 | Lucy Lane had been working in his team for three years but he felt that he knew her only a little better than he had done after her first month . |
| 10 | We should be trying to enhance cooperative arrangements of referral and support between health and social work departments and private homes , and Mike O'Reilly did n't actually say that they had that problem but he said that their clients had been referred by GPs or by the psychogeriatric service . |
| 11 | But I suppose as a bowling green then you but he said that we 've already cut the stick their neck out will they ? |
| 12 | on crime reminds me that Bob told me only he does n't , he does n't know how much Bridget knows , so we must n't say anything to her , but he said that there is some possibility that she may get erm , I think April time she may be made what 's called Court Officer |
| 13 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 14 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 15 | Linex liked the way I was thinking , but he said that you 'd never get the punters in and out quickly enough . |
| 16 | She asked him to teach her the trick , but he said that she was not ready yet . |
| 17 | This was a bit of a poser , but Sally-Anne , never at a loss , said , thinking of kind Uncle Orrin who would surely look after her and her three younger brothers if anything happened to Papa and Mama , ‘ An uncle took them in , but he said that he was n't prepared to keep a great girl , and that I must fend for myself , and find employment , which I have done , ever since . ’ |
| 18 | Finally , ‘ But he said that he loved me , ’ she had wailed . |
| 19 | I only caught a bit of it but he said that he turned up for training and was surprised to be called in and told about the deal . |
| 20 | Yes , no no no no no no , he did come up but he said that he told Ian |
| 21 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 22 | But he said that his only concern was to establish whether Mr Ridley 's decision had been in accordance with the law . |
| 23 | It would be unfair to say that Archdeacon Richard Treadwell had retired on the job , but he saw that there was no further preferment likely to come his way and , to be honest , he did n't greatly regret it . |
| 24 | Sam could not see exactly what they were , but he knew that they would be lions with their heads between their paws . |
| 25 | Of course , he knew that the lasers did n't hurt ; you could n't see them and they did no harm by themselves , but he knew that they were another of the ways that they — the Tormentors — took points off him . |
| 26 | Herr Klein said he could not confirm that Mengele had returned twice to Germany during his years in South American exile — once for the funeral of his mother — but he knew that he had escaped to Argentina immediately after the war . |
| 27 | Thomson found that photography was an agreeable way of making a living , but he knew that he , and the camera , were capable of greater things . |
| 28 | Sandison could not be sure how much Maidstone had had to drink that day — it was still a few minutes before noon — but he knew that he was sober enough to understand fully what was going on . |
| 29 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 30 | Peter may have been reluctant and was certainly aware of his shortcomings , but he knew that he was called . |