Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 2 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 3 | He was ever so sorry not to see you but he wished you a merry Christmas . ’ |
| 4 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 5 | In 1686 he became a London alderman , sitting for Broad Street ; but he discharged himself the following year , probably in anticipation of the purging of Anglicans from the bench . |
| 6 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 7 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 8 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 9 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 10 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 11 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But he sees me the other way — he spoke of another photograph — he was telling me that … ’ |
| 13 | Not that his system was susceptible to such discomforts , but he fancied himself an empathic soul . |