Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand . |
| 2 | Ranulf came in with a series of plaintive questions but Corbett dismissed him with a look . |
| 3 | But Heath raised him to a kind of economic overlordship which led Bill Kendall of the Civil and Public Services Association to dub him ‘ deputy prime minister ’ , a tag which stuck . |
| 4 | He looked full of himself but Cameron steered him across the street into the privacy of his store before he would let him talk . |
| 5 | You 're a fool as well as surly , ’ said the boy , and stuck his neat , short nose in the air and bounced up from the table in dudgeon , but Harry caught him by the sleeve . |
| 6 | When Arkesilas IV had succeeded Battos IV is unknown , but Pindar addresses him as a young man in 462 . |
| 7 | Buchan offered himself for the job , but Chapman valued him as a goalscorer , and the link-man role went to Andy Neil . |
| 8 | Cranston angrily stepped forward but Athelstan caught him by the sleeve . |
| 9 | Thinking he was going to throw it away , Zborowski put out his hand to take it but Modigliani cowed him with a look and gravely presented the drawing to the sitter . |
| 10 | Santerre has proved to be a most loyal subject of the King but Hopkins served him as a chaplain and Buckingham came here looking for those relics . ’ |
| 11 | The breadhead does n't like it , but Dixie claps him on the shoulder and laughs . |
| 12 | He turned to go but Talbot stopped him as a seaman entered and handed over a sheet of paper . |
| 13 | She met Mr Carter , and married him , thinking he 'd be a good father for the children , but Hayley hated him from the start . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked Sir John to burn it to the ground but Rachel played him like a piece of string around her finger . |