Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that , with the nineteen SDLP members , Faulkner could form a government but he represented only a minority of the unionist voters . |
| 2 | Frederick was apparently brought up there with the daughter , Hester , of the new marriage , but he ran away to sea . |
| 3 | ‘ They 've seen him but he ran away ! |
| 4 | I saw him running away , but he ran faster than any man could go — too fast for me to catch . |
| 5 | It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow . |
| 6 | I do n't know how many years had There 's a chap in the village , Jim , he might be remember , but he ran out of time too , to win the cup I think . |
| 7 | But he ran out of steam in the closing stages , took a 6 at the long sixth , and gave hope to the rest that the £41,660 top prize might still be available . |
| 8 | He should have realised that the employment of a number of secretaries was both unnecessary and costly , but he continued boldly to maintain a lavish office establishment . |
| 9 | It was a waste of time him going but he nagged so much that she had to let him go . |
| 10 | But he shuffled backwards anyway . |
| 11 | Clumsily , for he was holding her too tightly for her to manoeuvre , she kissed him there , but he twisted away , bruising her lips and leaving her confused and rejected . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know how ! ’ she shouted and rose to her feet to get away from him but he twisted there before her , his hands on her shoulders and his brown-black eyes blazing down into hers . |
| 13 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 14 | After that I dropped to 5 , 7 and out , but he sailed on magisterially . |
| 15 | She went to remount her horse , but he stepped forward . |
| 16 | The squirrel was sleeping when she entered , but he woke instantly and began making agitated noises , obviously indignant at his captivity . |
| 17 | When we opened the door , Fritz was asleep , but he woke immediately . |
| 18 | But he dropped out of the limelight after moving to Watford from Nottingham Forest . |
| 19 | As a heterosexual role model , he could do so much that is positive towards an end to prejudice , but he chose not to . |
| 20 | He chose not to , not because he was n't enjoying it , he loved it , but he chose not to because he knew he would lose and part of the reason knew he would lose was because he sacked Douglas MacArthur . |
| 21 | But he got neither . |
| 22 | The general allegations in it had been made before : Harry Phibbs had a moment of fame for calling the late Earl of Stockton ‘ a war criminal ’ on the strength of Count Tolstoy 's theories , but he got away with it . |
| 23 | Ballesteros 's 69 was more of a scramble , particularly over the closing holes , but he got away with it thanks to a short game which has been very consistent both this week and last . |
| 24 | Not clever stuff , but he got away with it . |
| 25 | He had their duty wallah fair squeaking , about this mystery man being the Duke 's best pal or some stuff , but he got nowhere . |
| 26 | But he got up the front of the line and he got the job . |
| 27 | But he got up and came blundering on towards them . |
| 28 | Asik was hungary and tired , his knees were sore and he wanted to go to sleep but he got up slowly and started down the road . |
| 29 | The Zikr must have been devout too , of course , but he got round a lot more than Zoser , mixed with people , liked crowd and noise and a bit of fun . |
| 30 | Do n't know how it happened , but he got there and he lives in London now . |