Example sentences of "but his [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United manager , Dave Bassett , now values him at £70,000 , but his Lincoln counterpart Colin Murphy will not go above £50,000 . |
| 2 | A week later he came close to winning another gold in the Scottish Men 's Championships but his Perth Rink was pipped in the finals . |
| 3 | Jim Campbell dominated the 5,000 metres winning in 14.15.3 , but his Annadale team-mate Davy Wilson had a off-day and finished a long was behind in second place on 14.47 . |
| 4 | It was a thoroughly tested number as Tiller had not only shown it at the Palace but his La Scala Girls had also performed it at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool , the previous year . |
| 5 | Samuel Irving — ‘ Si ’ — Newhouse jr , second-generation New York billionaire , had long been known as a collector of modern American art , but his November 1988 purchase of Jasper John 's False Start propelled him into the public consciousness . |
| 6 | But his Eastbourne hotel , the Wish Tower , happened to play host to the Prime Minister , John Major , just 11 days before the receivers were appointed . |
| 7 | He held a praelectorship in philosophy ( 1745 ) and in Rhetoric ( 1746 ) ; but his Cambridge duties were not too onerous . |
| 8 | His cabinet was conventional and " safe " ; but his White House staff were drawn mainly from Georgia — probably his first mistake . |
| 9 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |