Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content . |
| 2 | Dad simply pushed her forward but I heard him whisper , ‘ Move along , yer 'olding up the service . ’ |
| 3 | I had my eyes closed to do this , but I heard him catch his breath . |
| 4 | Obviously I could n't follow him up to his front door , but I saw him turn into the grounds . ’ |
| 5 | I could n't hear and was crying from the pain , but I saw him put his foot sideways into Marius 's midriff . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 7 | But I made him put his coat on . |
| 8 | Matthew thought his mother sounded very young , her voice bright with some emotion he could not quite define but which made him feel instantly — paternally — protective . |
| 9 | Wilson could not stop herself saying , ‘ But you see him grow . |
| 10 | He did n't cry out , but she saw him wince . |
| 11 | He did n't scream but she felt him tremble and he made a small , pathetic groan , like an angry puppy . |
| 12 | The wine was making her heady , but she let him refill her glass . |
| 13 | The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook . |
| 14 | But she let him help her into a chair . |
| 15 | But she let him live . |
| 16 | But she sees him suppress what could only be a smirk at her very mention of a dybbuk . |
| 17 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 18 | We took him to a Chinese restaurant where they serve those drinks in coconuts — they 're quite strong and he does n't really drink , but we made him have one anyway , and he quite enjoyed it . |
| 19 | But they made him realize that he was getting across what he wanted to get across , and not a holy-sounding fog of words . |
| 20 | Kevin Inkster discarded the loose chain when he was dissatisfied with the cut it gave , but it made him realise that he was certainly on the right lines . |
| 21 | THE Prince of Wales was hissed at yesterday but it made him laugh . |
| 22 | Nigel assumed she was lying , but it made him feel better . |
| 23 | He tried it , crossing the corner of the demolition site , but it made him cough . |
| 24 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 25 | But what made him choose to devote himself to mathematics was his finding in 1795 of the criterion for a regular n-gon to be constructible using only compass and straightedge . |
| 26 | She knew he was in a position to do what he wished , but what made him think she would enjoy it ? |
| 27 | But what made him decide to do something about it ? |