Example sentences of "[pers pn] but [pron] [vb past] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I said I 'll go with you but he did he eventually go ? |
| 2 | Maria came to help me but he sent her out . |
| 3 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 4 | The brick hit Yussuf and jolted him but he shrugged it aside . |
| 5 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 6 | She put her arm round him but he pushed her away . |
| 7 | Mum went over and tried to console him but he pushed her gently from him . |
| 8 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 9 | ‘ One man got in and tried to strangle him but I pulled him off , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He scrambled up and made to help her but she brushed him off , saying nothing , letting the cold emptiness of her face speak for her . |
| 11 | I went over to comfort her but she shooed me away . |
| 12 | I even thought of trying to grab it from her but she put it away in the drawer where she kept it and stood in front of it . |
| 13 | And he said this and he was n't I mean particularly , he said oh she 's just , you know she , she 's like sailed through Haileybury , she gets out of everything , she , he , he 's really keen on the sports side of things here so I do n't know why he got so het up about it but he said it really er pissed him off the way she erm |
| 14 | Once he nearly caught it but someone pushed him out of the way at the last moment . |
| 15 | We took our front door keys with us but we threw them away some years ago . |
| 16 | No damage to us but someone caught it further up . |