Example sentences of "but [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sit him in the cockpit of a Stealth Fighter airplane and he 'll whup anyone 's ass ( it 's the rest of the office 's fault for telling him he looks like tom Cruise ) . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , Franco did not make an example of him as he had done in previous such instances of " insubordination " , but appointed him as Ambassador to the Holy See . |
| 3 | We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism . |
| 4 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 5 | She had been tricking herself earlier into thinking that he did , that their friendship was nearly as important to him as it was to her , but seeing him in the garden with Marise tonight , and hearing about his marriage , unhappy though it had been , had made her realise that friendship was never as important as passion — at least , she was sure , not to a man . |
| 6 | The doctor , a man named Champney , realised he could do no more for her but , on hearing of the stranger ( Mary Ashley did not know Tawell , but described him as a Quaker ) , he set out to trace him . |
| 7 | I needed to fly dead into wind approaching the pilot , but keeping him on my right , and I 'd drop the dinghy slightly upwind of him so it would blow downwind to him . |
| 8 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |
| 9 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 10 | Roffman and Purdy have quite rightly stressed that Vidor 's traditional populism gave him sympathy for the underdog , but prevented him from moving towards any collectivist political situation . |
| 11 | But to tackle him on the basis of a fleeting reflection was tricky . |
| 12 | This not only allows him to indulge in more of those awkward movements , which make his first solo such a wonderful parody of classical dance , but shows him as the pathetic clown , always the butt of everyone 's laughter . |
| 13 | This blighted his prospects but turned him into new paths . |
| 14 | Acclaiming him as one of the chief progenitors , the critics come not to bury but to praise him with faint damns . |
| 15 | but waking him at three months ' old |
| 16 | He does n't give off that kind of air , but get him with a mate and there 's no stopping him . |
| 17 | The heavy labour not only fought the flab around his waist but cured him of the insomnia he had suffered from for so many years . |
| 18 | They say they 've tried everything — including secure accommodation — but sending him to the Costa Blanca to stay with his grandparents seemed the most appropriate course of action . |
| 19 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 20 | They admired his courage and pace but warned him about his frame in a jungle of South African man-mountains . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | After the king 's death in 1223 , he pledged his support for Philip 's son Louis VII , but deserted him at the siege of Avignon in 1226 . |
| 23 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 24 | His comments inspired the students , but placed him on the list of suspicious intellectuals . |
| 25 | But the child has his own ideas , and is only too ready to express them by himself if we would but allow him to . |
| 26 | According to them he did not kiss Jacob , but bit him on the neck ! |
| 27 | But ask him about his particular interests and proudest possessions , and his reply will be underpinned by a reverence and fondness undisturbed by the passage of years . |
| 28 | But to describe him as a " deliberate plagiarist " may overlook another , but unknown fact : that he was assured , at the time he used the material , that the originator 's consent had been forthcoming . |
| 29 | After a three-hour retirement , the jury acquitted the appellant of the offence charged under section 18 , but convicted him of the lesser offence under section 20 . |
| 30 | A Teesside Crown Court jury cleared him of both charges but convicted him of arson last month . |