Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a pause and before Wilson could think how to reply , she added , ‘ But I may never see him as a man , ’ in a low voice . |
| 2 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 3 | I mean , I do n't swallow everything Morrissey says but I 'll always consider him worth listening to . ’ |
| 4 | The lights were n't on but I could just see him . |
| 5 | ‘ I looked for him everywhere , ’ said Mr Brownlow , ‘ but I could never find him . |
| 6 | Before you detect on the beaches in Portugal , you are supposed to obtain permission from the local Captain di Maritimo ( something like our local harbour-master ) , but I could never find him . |
| 7 | But I could always find him . |
| 8 | " You may invite him a hundred times , " said Honor tightly , " but I will never marry him . " |
| 9 | He 's calling out to me now but I can hardly hear him because I 'm screaming so hard , wetting my pants as I squeeze the screams out . |
| 10 | I can not give the hon. Gentleman the assurance that he seeks that I will agree with everything that the Edwards committee has recommended , but I can certainly assure him and the House that I will respond positively to the recommendations . |
| 11 | But I 'd also back him to the hilt in the face of larger difficulties . |
| 12 | In an American garden I heard another frog , a hyla , which is the world 's best ventriloquist ; you can hear him but you will never find him . |
| 13 | ‘ He was n't 100 per cent fit , but you could never write him off . |
| 14 | He 's not here this afternoon , but you can doubtless telephone him next week . ’ |
| 15 | one twice a day I I I would keep going with three month prescriptions anyway , so that 'll keep you going till the end of November No not quite the end of November , but you can then see him and say look , I 've got this this is why I 'm on these for . |
| 16 | I , I do n't think I 've got his home phone number but you can certainly ring him at work , er |
| 17 | His talk was just that , talk aimed at intimidating her , but she would never give him the satisfaction of allowing him to succeed . |
| 18 | It was getting harder every minute she spent with him to pretend an indifference she did n't feel , but she must never let him know how much she loved him . |
| 19 | But she could scarcely tell him that . |
| 20 | He might be directly responsible for taking away her pleasure in singing — though that would surely be only a temporary aberration on her part — but she could only hold him to account for her loneliness if it was his company she was missing . |
| 21 | But she could hardly tell him that ! |
| 22 | He said to his wife who was in there with the youngest boy — he thought he spoke clearly but she could hardly hear him — ‘ What a lovely day it 's been . |
| 23 | ‘ We do n't know how long he will be out , but we will certainly miss him . ’ |
| 24 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 25 | For example , if a ‘ prophet , or a dreamer of dreams ’ entices you to follow another god , then even if the person is a close friend or member of your family , ‘ neither shall thine eye pity him , neither shalt thou spare , neither shalt thou conceal him : but thou shalt surely kill him ’ . |
| 26 | He was asleep but he 'd just take him home . |
| 27 | If it had been anyone other than Connie … but he could hardly choke him off . |
| 28 | A true mystical experience is not only intended to make the adept less egotistic but it should also make him more alert and help him to function better . |