Example sentences of "but he [verb] to [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he strode to his third consecutive British Open Amputee Championship at Bryn Meadows , South Wales , netting a new course record into the bargain . |
| 2 | But he stuck to his orthodox grip yesterday and it paid off . |
| 3 | American Pritchard may have fought three world champions in Mike Weaver , Michael Dokes and Tim Witherspoon , but he lost to them all , albeit forcing a split decision against the latter in March . |
| 4 | But he climbed to his current pre-eminence only after spotting that the competitive battleground in the car market was shifting from styling and speed to quality . |
| 5 | Selahattin Simsek said that during his interrogation , police officers tortured him for 23 consecutive days , but he confessed to nothing more than ‘ a certain sympathy ’ for the PKK . |