Example sentences of "but it [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result he was suspended for two years , which of course delayed his entry into first-class cricket ; but it taught him a lot . |
| 2 | Einstein proposed a simple relationship but it took him a number of years to identify the precise form of the curvature tensor involved . |
| 3 | His dream of covering whole counties with a giant speaking-tube may be grotesque in itself , but it makes him a remote ancestor of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell . |
| 4 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 5 | He drank heavily , but it gave him no elation , merely intensified his mood . |
| 6 | But it gave him no comfort . |
| 7 | The dialogue tonight might be controlled and rational — but it gave him no ease . |
| 8 | But it gave him an excuse to retire for a while , to re-assess things . |