Example sentences of "but he [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 : |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I walked up to the little animal but he took off at a speed which made light of his infirmity . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ But he comes out at the right time and he stays on his line at the right time . |