Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pers pn] in [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 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 4 | Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see |
| 5 | She did not provide him with wine , to be sure , but he took it in the caffè he frequented , a caffè where politics were argued over far into the night and the arguers fell asleep at the table . |
| 6 | After several hours Matron managed to calm him down but he left her in a terrible mood . |
| 7 | But he did it in a way which seemed to belittle others . |
| 8 | Ben moved across to the other side s ) f the window , trying to keep them in sight , but he lost them in a moment . |
| 9 | Barth was deeply impressed by Anselm 's so-called ‘ Ontological Argument ’ for the existence of God — this argument will be looked at in more detail later — but he interpreted it in a particular way . |
| 10 | It does not do him justice to say he is on their side , but he leaves us in no doubt about the horror of what Jacob and Rebekah have done . |
| 11 | Stephen has gone through confession , and is , he declares , ‘ Ready to forge that language ’ , but he declares it in a language that will not yet take Joyce out of desperation . |
| 12 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |