Example sentences of "but he [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a short , precise man with a small moustache which reminded me a little of Hitler 's , but he had none of the German leader 's belligerence . |
| 2 | But he had none of the grandiloquence of Vasco Núñez ; he uttered none of the proud formulae Balboa had uttered in the Gulf of San Migud . |
| 3 | But he knew nothing of the Pacific 's tides . |
| 4 | But he knew nothing of the practical techniques of modelling and carving . |
| 5 | Maggie expected him to look annoyed but he did nothing of the sort . |
| 6 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |