Example sentences of "but [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This blighted his prospects but turned him into new paths . |
| 2 | Acclaiming him as one of the chief progenitors , the critics come not to bury but to praise him with faint damns . |
| 3 | but waking him at three months ' old |
| 4 | The jury deliberated for 10 days before acquitting Fama of firing the fatal shot , but convicting him of second-degree murder by virtue of his participation in the attack ; he was also convicted of numerous lesser charges including those relating to the unlawful possession of weapons . |
| 5 | I laughed again and tapped the screen above a formation of red and green flapping things , just as one of them , peeling off to the side of the main pack , dived down firing at Jamie 's craft , missing it with its shots but clipping him with one green wing as it disappeared off the bottom of the screen , so that Jamie 's craft detonated in a blaze of flashing red and yellow . |
| 6 | In a stand-up scenario , as the crazy newsagent , Merton was on form ( although rarely at his very best ) , but put him in one of his sketches and the limitations of his acting are obvious . |
| 7 | The confidence of Pericles ' exposition is magnificent ; but did he after all ‘ understand what was needed ’ ? |
| 8 | She picked up the suspicion in his voice , said nothing , but left him to open the door . |
| 9 | He was lovely but watching him in that living room somehow said it all . |
| 10 | He had confidence in Timman 's ability to hold this theoretically drawn endgame , but tested him for four hours on Monday before agreeing to share the point . |