Example sentences of "but his [noun] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr James had to pay to swim but his wife got in free because the local council who ran the centre had a policy that anyone of state pension age did not have to pay . |
| 2 | But his voice pushed at her urgently , as if , having broken the barriers in his own mind , he needed to sweep her quickly towards a resolution . |
| 3 | The fingers on her shoulder did n't move , but his voice thickened as if his emotions were suddenly too strong to be concealed . |
| 4 | I longed to call out to him to help me , but his name stuck in my throat . |
| 5 | He made no reply , but his fingers picked at the lace of her nightgown and his hands found their way stealthily in over her breasts . |
| 6 | But his secretiveness extended to not even telling them that , and they had to be content to accompany him as he turned left at the foot of the steps that led up to the station entrance and headed for the quays . |
| 7 | He stood erect with his head thrown back , his chin jutting upwards , his mouth twitching slightly in fear , but his jaw set in defiance and bravado , as John had seen men look when clumsy hands , working without anaesthetics , had probed to extract shell-splinters from their limbs , The boy 's eyes were fixed on the master . |
| 8 | But his composure cracked with Boro 's first goal . |
| 9 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 10 | The designs were brilliantly successful in the long run , but his daughter suffered for them . |
| 11 | Another Oxford graduate , but from the lower middle class , Jones had apparently the right socialist credentials , but his activism centred on his local south-London Labour Party . |
| 12 | Mr Brown , former governor of California , promised to fight on , but his lustre faded under the intense spotlight of New York . |
| 13 | Mr Keen was born in London , but his parents returned to their native Teesside when he was only three weeks old . |
| 14 | But his race ended after 37 laps when the Ligier Renaults of Thierry Boutsen and Erik Comas collided , taking the Englishman 's Lotus Ford out with them . |
| 15 | Chiesa is now serving a six year sentence but his evidence set in motion an inquiry which covers the whole of Italy . |
| 16 | But his thoughts returned to the portrait . |
| 17 | She began to apologise breathlessly , but his arms tightened about her . |
| 18 | But his career ended after an inmate he was escorting , attacked him . |
| 19 | Rico was pointing to her , but his mother advanced into the room and , pushing him aside , went to Noreen and looked at her arm . |
| 20 | Chambers discussed the fossil record in the hope of providing evidence for a generally progressive trend in the history of life , but his strategy depended upon distancing his theory from Lamarckism . |
| 21 | But his path differed from theirs in one important respect . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not — ’ she tried to say , but his mouth descended on hers again , quick and hard . |
| 23 | H. raised his special grievance , but his complaint published in the Sunday Express has only added to the completeness of his downfall … |
| 24 | What kind of a warning he could n't say , but his family noticed with alarm that he had gone out to consult the tree again . |
| 25 | She moistened her lips , wishing there was some way she could avoid his shrewd gaze , but his hands caught at her arms as she tried to turn away . |
| 26 | He tried to hold a sea chest , but his hands passed through it as through something slightly thicker than water . |
| 27 | Pope Gregory VII introduced it into his chancery , but his successors reverted to the old Roman style . |
| 28 | Radovan may not have completed the work on the doorway , but his pupils continued in his style . |
| 29 | But his eyes filled with tears . |
| 30 | But his eyes remained on Trent , insane with hate . |