Example sentences of "but his [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his laugh arrested her . |
| 2 | Not too many people see him , but his cheques arrive when the local schools and hospitals are in need . ’ |
| 3 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 4 | Gaitskell and Citrine were clear that Gibson was innocent of the whiff of corruption surrounding the allegations , to which he had no opportunity to reply ( and Churchill in this case expressed his sympathy for Gibson ) , but his resignation had , inevitably , to he accepted . |
| 5 | But his resignation means the club will not have to pay up his contract . |
| 6 | The Preston North End boss celebrated his 44th birthday on Sunday but his fate had been sealed 24 hours earlier with the 2-0 home defeat against Hartlepool . |
| 7 | But his triumph proved short-lived . |
| 8 | Earlier , in November 1990 , NLD representative Maung Ko had died in military custody ; the authorities claimed that he had committed suicide , but his relatives insisted that he had been tortured to death . |
| 9 | Mr. Josse said Youngman was not involved in the more serious injuries the officer received , but his behaviour incited another man who behaved irresponsibly . |
| 10 | In August 1805 he ordered Hafiz Pasha to advance from Nis and to crush the Serbs , but his plan misfired when the Serbs withstood the attack . |
| 11 | He says he was injured , but his treatment means he should n't suffer for too long . |
| 12 | In 435 , Nestorius was exiled to the Egyptian desert , but his influence remained undiminished . |
| 13 | They must have felt they had secured his future when a Treasury pension of £50 per annum was obtained for him in April 1766 , but his letters continue to reveal his financial anxiety . |
| 14 | He did not write an autobiography , but his letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience , especially artists . |
| 15 | But his wife thought the characters of the Persian alphabet were " peculiar " and harmful ; to his eyes . |
| 16 | As it turned out , his sperm count appeared normal but his wife continued to fail to conceive . |
| 17 | This grandfather of mine died in 1932 , but his wife lived until I was sixteen . |
| 18 | But his wife had said that it was time for an opportunity to wear something other than thick tweeds . |
| 19 | Heathcliff looked more like a gentleman than I had ever seen him , but his wife had not bothered to brush her hair or change her dress . |
| 20 | Burger did a tactical throat clearing but his wife had no qualms . |
| 21 | Masters died soon after but his wife kept the house on . |
| 22 | Mr Young looked bored , as if he had tired of the subject a long time ago , but his wife retained her sweet comforting expression without any visible effort . |
| 23 | When , on 1 January 1766 , the Old Pretender died in Rome , aged 77 , his elder son assumed the title of Charles III and six years later he at last married , but his wife bore no children . |
| 24 | He died in 1980 , but his wife has completed the story and famous friends add their recollections . |
| 25 | The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a major retrospective of Alexia Nielson 's paintings , but his wife did not live to see it . |
| 26 | Mr Rose himself wanted to move but his wife did not and threatened to leave him if he did accept the offer of employment in Huntingdon . |
| 27 | But his wife did . |
| 28 | Mr James had to pay to swim but his wife got in free because the local council who ran the centre had a policy that anyone of state pension age did not have to pay . |
| 29 | But his voice continued in the same frightful hiss . |
| 30 | He nodded , and his eyes said it was feasible ; but his voice said : ‘ It is n't necessarily that easy . |