Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no pain , but he flinched from the contact . |
| 2 | Emmie tried to get hold of him but he fought like the baby wild cat her mother had once been given to tame . |
| 3 | Sometimes she sat on the end of his divan if she could n't sleep and tried to wake him up to talk , but he slept with the heaviness of the very thin , and her weight on the divan made it sag and creak in a way that embarrassed her . |
| 4 | Walcott admitted that the middle group of professional politicians tended to be Whig or Tory in general , but he insisted on the need to add a Court–Country axis to the traditional frame of reference . |
| 5 | This left Ambegate in front but he weakened up the hill and never-say-die Scudamore forced Vagog up in the last few strides . |
| 6 | But he relented at the sight of Isabelle smiling and bearing gifts , his Continental dream . |
| 7 | But he returned to the side in last week 's UEFA Cup match with Torpedo Moscow and his performance against Brighton finally convinced Fergie that the little winger still has a part to play . |
| 8 | But he lingered by the window , inhibiting her from winding it up . |
| 9 | ‘ Colin Todd told me centre half was my position , but he listened to the crowd and made me a scapegoat after a Cup defeat at Aston Villa . |
| 10 | But he agreed to the deal . |
| 11 | Jess snatched after her skirt , but he disappeared into the crowd . |
| 12 | ‘ One of the boys was still visible when we arrived but he disappeared beneath the surface . ’ |
| 13 | In Fleming 's time , most bacteriologists would simply have thrown the spoiled culture away , but he looked for the cause . |
| 14 | But he looked beyond the telephone book , and studied pricing and contracts in some detail . |
| 15 | What we have to see is that Christ died not just as a self sacrifice not just because of injustice but he died as the atonement , to pay the price , for our sin . |
| 16 | Not just because of not just because certain men at a certain place were sinful and crucified him unjustly not just because of sin but he died for the sin of the world , taking our sin in our place . |
| 17 | In 1922 he became the Labour candidate for the University of London constituency , but he died before the election . |
| 18 | But he planed over the pine trees calling out powerfully , the sound of it echoing among the heather-clad pools of the moor , and into the recesses of the silent pine forest . |
| 19 | I tried to lift Joey into my arms but he wriggled onto the slack and ashes on the floor and started giggling . |
| 20 | But he powered to the rescue nine minutes from time after a neat combination with Roberto Baggio . |
| 21 | It was weighty with water now cold , but he limped to the lavatory with it , emptied it , cleaned it and put it back on its hook . |
| 22 | Miller was also interested in the fruit garden at Goodwood and reported on trials carried out with various walls to see if a circular construction might be beneficial , but he came to the conclusion that nothing would thrive in a constant draught of air . |
| 23 | The siege lasted almost a year , ; Philip VI put in an appearance with a relieving army at the beginning of August 1347 but he came to the conclusion that the English could not be dislodged and went away again . |
| 24 | ‘ I know , ’ she agreed , ‘ but he came with the house . |
| 25 | Billy came to the attention of Palace devotees when our Junior team proceeded to the Final of the 1977 FA Youth Cup and then beat Everton over two legs , but he came into the League side in October that year as deputy for injured skipper Ian Evans , and was the undisputed possessor of Palace 's number six shirt by the end of that 1977–78 season . |
| 26 | and she said she , its cos she said , she said of course if its because she 's so used to Joe he would of , I said yeah but he went over the top did n't he , cos he always did every thing to perfection , I said you ca n't have Joe doing it |
| 27 | But he floated into the midst of a sea of water stretching as far as he could discern on every side around him . |
| 28 | Now that bull weighed nearly a ton , but he leapt off the ground like a bird ; hit Merry in the back and knelt down and got his horn between Merry 's legs . |
| 29 | The dervish whose thoughts were sweet as the sugarcane could not remain perpetually in a state of ecstasy but he obtained from the stillness of the soul a sweetness which is the heirloom of the mystic . |
| 30 | She turned away impatiently , determined to swim off and leave him to it , but he slid into the water beside her and grasped her wet arm . |