Example sentences of "but he [vb past] them [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he told them in a straightforward way . |
| 2 | He had , of course , known those grandparents whose glamour made Alexandra 's existence so difficult , but he saw them in a light so different from his wife 's that they seemed hardly the same people . |
| 3 | The students followed but he threatened them with a knife before running off . |
| 4 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 5 | Ben moved across to the other side s ) f the window , trying to keep them in sight , but he lost them in a moment . |
| 6 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |