Example sentences of "but [verb] he [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 2 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |
| 3 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 4 | This not only allows him to indulge in more of those awkward movements , which make his first solo such a wonderful parody of classical dance , but shows him as the pathetic clown , always the butt of everyone 's laughter . |
| 5 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 6 | After a three-hour retirement , the jury acquitted the appellant of the offence charged under section 18 , but convicted him of the lesser offence under section 20 . |
| 7 | As Duncan had already decided not to leave the policeman to his own devices , he had no alternative but to join him on the next available flight to Tobolsk . |