Example sentences of "he but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taller than him but at a guess about nine years old . |
| 2 | Only I saw him sigh , for Lili and Robert were looking not at him but at the walls , and he found me too negligible to bother to disguise his ennui . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 4 | Here is now , left edge of the penalty area , moving towards the byline and doing well there to take it away from him but at the expense of a throw-in , that 's taken back to Alan , is twenty yards back from the byline and moving back out towards the touchline on the far side . |
| 5 | The captain may put on a very good act , convincing not just himself but even some of the passengers ; though whether their floating world will come through depends not on him but on the mad winds and sullen tides , the icebergs and the sudden crusts of reef . |
| 6 | We tried to rouse him but to no effect . |
| 7 | Well I think my mother did a good job but my father was an alcoholic and that 's , that made a difference , not just to him but to the entire family and I think probably to my own children . |
| 8 | When he put an arm round her she was unyielding and at odds with the rhythm ; he persisted , compelling her compliance not to him but to the music . |
| 9 | ‘ Next it was important that the operator should be able to see out all around him but without the viewers seeing there was someone obviously inside . |
| 10 | She said goodbye to him but by the time she had entered the hotel , Lubor was already far from her thoughts . |
| 11 | From forcing her , by an act of love , to follow him through the world , not barefoot as she 'd accused him but in no great luxury , instead of " obliging " the man who had given her her chance . |
| 12 | She would n't put it past him but in the brilliant afternoon heat she was n't inclined to pursue the matter . |
| 13 | Now that the truth of Iraq 's defeat is sinking in , and their former hero is seen to have feet of clay , some Maghrebis are turning their frustration not against him but against the West . |
| 14 | ‘ The tenant here died after the date of the order for recovery of possession against him but before the expiration of the last of a series of extensions which had been made by way of postponement of the date on which the order was to be complied with . |
| 15 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 16 | Lewis says he hopes that public pressure will force Bowe to fight him but after the euphoria of his win over Ruddock and the anticipation of becoming champion , he finds himself as far from the title as ever . |