Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow . |
| 2 | But he dropped out of the limelight after moving to Watford from Nottingham Forest . |
| 3 | But he knew enough about the game to recognize the scope and justice of Connon 's analysis . |
| 4 | Now and again he would reach a hand over to the boy but he slept deeply through the night . |
| 5 | He and Sergeant Robins had obviously tried each other 's patience to the limits , but he cheered up at the sight of Dalgliesh and enquired with childish belligerence : |
| 6 | This second invasion of Caesar lasted not much longer than the first but he advanced farther into the country , having a larger army . |
| 7 | On this aspect of the story Mr Sale is an invaluable guide and teacher , but he goes well over the top in his determination to present Columbus as the representative of a devilish western world driven only by the desire to rape , grab and despoil a land of innocence . |
| 8 | I mean I 'm not saying he 's alcoholic but he goes out with the lads and he you know he 'll he 'll sort of thud up the stairs . |
| 9 | But he lines up for the Welsh All-Blacks today , hoping to take another step towards erasing the memory . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to tell you , ’ he said to his wife but he veered away from the effort which would dim it , tangle , it , and he chose something banal and not what was in his mind . |
| 11 | His real name was Ahmad Osman but he looked exactly like the mummy of Ramses the Great in the Cairo Museum . |
| 12 | Not only does he take us to the site but he drives straight through the crowd , lights blazing , to the backstage area . |
| 13 | He could n't see you if you were standing right in front of him , but he carried on at the anvil and used to feel the iron he was working . ’ |
| 14 | But he rode hard to the end of the track and when he reached Baby Boy 's white cross he hesitated , then he turned right , into the mountains , something that he 'd never done before . |
| 15 | ‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly . |
| 16 | I thought at first that he was merely taking an open-air path to his own bedroom , but he went straight past the open door at the end of his sleeping car , and straight on past the next car also . |
| 17 | I thought he was wandering off , but he went up to the counter and asked for a coffee . |
| 18 | Hawkins protested , but he went out of the room . |
| 19 | But he went along for the ride , hoping he could put his spoke in and cancel the idea . |
| 20 | Initially , Richard Burton was to direct , but he pulled out of the project and Taylor persuaded John Huston to do it . |
| 21 | He was scheduled to compete in his 100th , and last , Grand Prix at Watkins Glen but he pulled out of the race in respect for his team-mate Francois Cevert who was killed in practice . |
| 22 | But he did so in the most unfortunate manner . |
| 23 | He was hit in the legs , but he backed out of the line of fire . |
| 24 | But he lost out on the First Division title because he was reluctant to strengthen the team . |
| 25 | The pilot could n't lift the plane higher , for its engine had petered out , but he glided away from the deceptive green expanse of bog as he made further deep circling movements earthward . |
| 26 | He could see her shape through the frosted half-glass ; he did n't think that she 'd be able to see him but he stayed close to the wall , just in case . |
| 27 | ’ The child was still crying as Alan sat down with him , but he grasped greedily for the milk . |
| 28 | In 1889 Schnadhorst 's own candidature in Newcastle under Lyme was approved but he stood down in the following year because of ill health . |
| 29 | But he gripped hard at the arms of his chair and forced himself to attend . |
| 30 | The horse soared through the foul-smellimg smoke and the General saw a bayonet reach towards the animal 's belly , but he slashed down with the sword , knocking the bayonet aside , and suddenly the horse had landed safely beyond the furniture and was running free of the smoke . |