Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 2 | He tried to kiss her , but she evaded him in a half-angry , half-flirtatious way , so they were in the middle of a clumsy clinch when Lucaroni walked in . |
| 3 | ’ Bramble began , but she silenced him with a glare from the astonishing blue eyes . |
| 4 | Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion . |
| 5 | But they started him on a new course of treatment yesterday and he 's begun to respond . ’ |
| 6 | This he will normally be planning to do , but it involves him in a more considerable recasting of his planned activities than the university teacher , and brings him into contact with many more parts of the school life . |