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 . |