Example sentences of "but he was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price .
2 Vainly she tried to pull away , but he was crushing her beneath his superior weight .
3 But he was doing it for his little girl , his Karen , and for her mother , his wife Ruthie .
4 He was , of course , touching a nerve deep within the Russian psyche , but he was saying something like this , that ‘ if Christ is risen , every argument for atheism is flawed ’ .
5 But he was saying it in a way that implied possible assent .
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