Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the morning , Punch brought a letter from Trelorne , whose contents Aunt Emily did not reveal , but Alexandra found her in the drawing-room after luncheon . |
| 2 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 3 | He looked full of himself but Cameron steered him across the street into the privacy of his store before he would let him talk . |
| 4 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ she muttered , and turned away , but Penry seized her by the waist and turned her to face him . |
| 5 | You 're a fool as well as surly , ’ said the boy , and stuck his neat , short nose in the air and bounced up from the table in dudgeon , but Harry caught him by the sleeve . |
| 6 | She made to rise , but Harry grabbed her by the wrists and she subsided back onto the bed with a sharp cry of pain . |
| 7 | Cranston angrily stepped forward but Athelstan caught him by the sleeve . |
| 8 | I want to get summat else to play with and I try and get up , but Peter holds me by the arm . |
| 9 | The breadhead does n't like it , but Dixie claps him on the shoulder and laughs . |
| 10 | The left side of his face , in the region of the jaw articulation , looked at first sight as though it had been smashed by a blow , but Wycliffe recognised it as the wound of exit of a bullet which had probably ricochetted inside the skull . |
| 11 | Berlioz would have shouted a protest there and then , but Plantade registered his with the Courrier des spectacles : ‘ masterpieces should be left alone ’ . |
| 12 | She met Mr Carter , and married him , thinking he 'd be a good father for the children , but Hayley hated him from the start . |
| 13 | They left the flat but Meehan chased them down the road , shouting he was going to get a gun . |
| 14 | bella was of the opinion that Randall had done them all an immense favour by dying when he did , but Louise regarded it as the greatest of all his cruelties . |
| 15 | I feel like I was behind glass , and for a moment I am reminded of my dream , but Jancey pulls me by the arm back into reality and asks , ‘ You want to come say hello to your friends ? ’ |
| 16 | Larsen/Jensen won in K2 from the two British crews but Smith/Savage pushed them to the line . |
| 17 | Iris opened her mouth to contradict , but Melissa nudged her under the table . |