Example sentences of "but the [noun] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the king grabbed him by his horns , beat him and thumped him , and said , " Go back to that boy and keep pestering him . |
| 2 | But the jury cleared him of the allegation . |
| 3 | But the major struck him as an odd fish , rather . |
| 4 | His vestigial liberalism or compassion persuaded him to resist the introduction of the poll tax for nurses and other deserving persons — but the Whips knew him as a man who would always toe the lobby line with a specious ministerial assurance , such as Nicolas Ridley 's promised poll tax rebate of £130 millions . |
| 5 | He looked in that direction but the blindfold prevented him from seeing who had spoken . |
| 6 | Assuming he was in trouble , he stopped to give him a lift … but the attacker threatened him with an iron bar and forced him to take tablets which made him unconscious . |
| 7 | But the children reported him to education chiefs . |
| 8 | But the children reported him to education chiefs . |
| 9 | ‘ But the robbers killed him for nothing . |
| 10 | Taylor was upset with Platt before the Turkey game for not informing him of the serious nature of the injury but the player surprised him by playing at Wembley with his usual effectiveness . |