Example sentences of "but he [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he would rather not know . |
| 2 | Elaine 's houseproud ways got on his nerves but he would rather them than this dirty cat 's way of living . |
| 3 | He could live here at Thrushcross Grange , which is a finer house than Wuthering Heights , but he would rather receive rent than live comfortably . |
| 4 | So was the economy , but he would soon teach it to rise above itself . |
| 5 | She could ask Felipe , but he would probably only shrug and pretend he did not know . |
| 6 | Ferguson was a man whose eyes were constantly on the future , but he would probably have approved , nonetheless , of the historical purpose of the evening . |
| 7 | As a master of the long line himself , Karajan would probably have endorsed some of Boult 's sentiments ( many of Karajan 's recordings have been put down more or less in a series of single takes ) , but he would also have agreed to an extent with Gould that ‘ good splices ’ can also ‘ build good lines ’ . |
| 8 | But he would also say as a race it was nothing special : as a race it was ‘ out of all proportion to the fame and fortune ’ and needed ‘ no more ability than any other place ’ . |
| 9 | The consumer might get cheaper CDs , but he would also get less choice . |
| 10 | But he would also have concluded that its ability to survive into the next century would depend upon the character and common sense of Prince Charles . |
| 11 | He had enjoyed the workmen 's company but he would also be grateful to get away from the noise of the machines , especially the incessant throbbing of the jackhammers . |
| 12 | Maurin could bustle Barbara Coleman off to Nice against her will , but he would also go shopping for tablets to replace the forgotten ones . |
| 13 | But he would also , in the spirit of their marriage , they |
| 14 | But he would just force her . ’ |
| 15 | He was a gentle man by nature , but he would suddenly fall into a depression and lose all confidence in himself . |
| 16 | Had his colleagues backed fusion in 1920 Law would have accepted it , but he would hardly have stuck to that position in the party crisis that must have followed . |
| 17 | Given the right crime to answer for , Vologsky might well not fear death itself , but he would certainly fear to continue living . |
| 18 | The prior might possibly suspect that he was being teased , for he was no fool , but he would certainly not challenge or provoke a magnate of Robert Beaumont 's stature . |
| 19 | He neither claimed to know the butler 's name , nor anyone who had known him , but he would always insist the event occurred just as he told it . |
| 20 | ‘ But he would only gossip about people he was fond of , ’ Fenella Fielding told me . |
| 21 | But he would likely feel uneasy if , say , twice as many students as expected appeared to deserve an A or a B. He might also fear being reproached by colleagues for lowering standards . |
| 22 | He could — and would - visit a revolution , be it political and national , or merely student ; he would reflect on it , but he would never get ‘ involved ’ in it , be it Cuban , Ethiopian , Greek or Polish . |
| 23 | As a young man he had been pursued by many women ; that he secretly despised them did not lessen his attractiveness but in later years his large family and increasing years had hung about him with a weight as great as any deformity : but he would never risk exposing himself as Rose had . |
| 24 | Charlie 's personal idea of bliss is for a long-haired client to walk in an allow him to create one of his more advanced shapes , but he would never impose his styles on an unwilling customer . |
| 25 | Yet he , the archer , might have gone back there to check again after all and if he had he would know I was alive , but he would never find me where I was now , deep in impenetrable shadow along a path he could n't follow in the dark . |
| 26 | But he would never have harmed the King . |
| 27 | They were the pick of Jonadab 's two year olds , but he would never admit it . |
| 28 | He would learn morality by observing people 's reactions when he performed unsocial actions ; but he would never be punished . |
| 29 | But he would never admit such a thing . |
| 30 | He wished to be liked but he would never buckle under . |