Example sentences of "but he [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gazza , who will be watched by England No 2 Lawrie Mcmenemy tonight , said : ‘ Luigi could n't get in the side because of Maradona but he talks about him with no jealously , only admiration . |
| 2 | Jack hit 52 goals for the Palace from 99 League outings before the 2nd World War and that is an impressive record by any standard , but he continued with us during the makeshift wartime arrangements and again produced a steady supply of goals — including a hat-trick in Palace 's first official wartime fixture at West Ham ( 6–2 ) . |
| 3 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 4 | Yang was also writing about his native village but he wrote about it at a distance when resident in New York . |
| 5 | ‘ But he thinks of me as a child , someone too unsophisticated and inexperienced for him . ’ |
| 6 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
| 7 | This is a guy who speaks little English , but he buzzes round us like a bee on a rosebush . |
| 8 | His memories of Sarah were as strong as ever , but he thought of her with mixed emotions . |
| 9 | but he recommended to her to actually make it into a fourth bedroom because it would increase the value of the house |
| 10 | He was a highly educated gentleman , a very well known Varsity athlete , but he came to me with a bad report that he was completely and utterly clueless about some of the finer points of simple take-off and landing procedures . |
| 11 | ‘ But he came to us through normal casting , ’ said Rogers . |
| 12 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
| 13 | I thought he 'd be thrown but he went through them like an express train . ’ |
| 14 | He stutters , but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out . |