Example sentences of "but [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Wyvis Hall once more , his house , but bringing him no pleasure , no deep , excited , almost sick joy . |
| 2 | She resented his tone but told him the real news , Pascoe 's resignation . |
| 3 | Most of the time he probably kept the fact well-concealed , but give him an audience of five-year-olds behind closed doors , and the brakes would come off . |
| 4 | In consideration of this , not only would they shelve the files in question , but pay him a monthly stipend into the bargain . |
| 5 | I but saw him the once , and yet can not bear for him to despise me so . |
| 6 | I rumpled his dark curly hair but gave him a firm ‘ No ’ when he asked , ‘ If I play radio louder , me get better more quickly ? ’ |
| 7 | But gave him a £150 fine and a 2-year ban . |
| 8 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 9 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |
| 10 | The bearded one did not believe his treacherous words , but gave him the benefit of the doubt and twenty-four hours to reveal the whereabouts of the vessel . |
| 11 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 12 | She too died young , but left him a son . |
| 13 | A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse . |
| 14 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |