Example sentences of "he but [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian 's there by himself and I want to be alongside him but ca n't do anything about it . |
| 2 | I look at him but ca n't tell if he really forgot the name or not . |
| 3 | I want to touch him but ca n't , yet physical contact is something that we go in for . |
| 4 | ‘ Leanne has told him she loves him but ca n't live with him . |
| 5 | Amy never smacked him but would jerk him on to her hip and dump him on her bed saying : ‘ Bloody awful noise . ’ |
| 6 | Butch tries to answer him but can only say . |
| 7 | Matt did n't know whether to believe him but can you risk it ? |
| 8 | I was getting more fish than him but could n't get the quality despite trying every bait in the book . |
| 9 | The child was emphatic , ‘ but he just went away , we looked for him but could n't find him ’ . |
| 10 | Lloyd George dominated him but could never prise him away from his party roots ; when Lancashire opinion moved away from coalitionism in 1922 Derby moved with it , and provided the opposition with added credibility . |
| 11 | Living in close intimacy with Jean-Claude had not prepared me for confronting in musical shape the qualities I sensed and loved in him but could not define . |
| 12 | She did not want to think of him but could not help it . |
| 13 | Many girls fell in love with him but could only admire him from afar . |
| 14 | She wanted him but could n't have him and she must deal with that because he had forewarned her . |
| 15 | Is he aware that what he achieved , or failed to achieve , might please the little Englanders behind him but will be a tragedy for the people of the United Kingdom and the Scottish part of it through the 1990s ? |