Example sentences of "but the [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started to answer , but the policeman pushed him down again , pulled the headset off his head . |
| 2 | But the themes elude him . |
| 3 | Viol tried to flag down another , but the driver ignored him . |
| 4 | But the tap defeated him . |
| 5 | But the king grabbed him by his horns , beat him and thumped him , and said , " Go back to that boy and keep pestering him . |
| 6 | He surfaced , briefly , but the swell rolled him over and drove him down again before he 'd even had time to draw breath . |
| 7 | But the jury cleared him of the allegation . |
| 8 | The poor sod does n't like it , but the boss gave him no choice . |
| 9 | But the major struck him as an odd fish , rather . |
| 10 | The witness told the jury that he did n't WANT to give evidence , but the judge told him that he must . |
| 11 | The artillery Colonel asked for permission to return the fire , but the Prince ordered him to wait till the enemy infantry was in sight . |
| 12 | Iago rose to take his leave , but the prince called him back for a moment . |
| 13 | But the choice to ask him was made right here . |
| 14 | Along with a man called Renwick Dennison , they trailed Dale for days , but the opportunity to kill him never arose , said Mr Langdale . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He lifted his hand to the boy , but the boy ignored him . |
| 17 | He shouted angrily in a voice that sounded American , but the hijacker hit him and then pushed him to the front of the plane with his machine gun . |
| 18 | Mason meanwhile attacked one Messerschmitt which at once went straight down , but the others attacked him and one got three hits on his aircraft , which shattered the windscreen and wounded him in the hand as he broke away . |
| 19 | But the others ignored him . |
| 20 | To publish falsely , of an Irish priest , that he informed on members of the IRA is not defamatory : it may cause him to be executed by terrorists , but the law offers him no way of securing a correction . |
| 21 | Could n't see why Speed was substituted but he was n't playing well ( see previous matches ) ; the West ham ground is looking quite impressive with the building of the new Bobby Moore stand ; and Beaney should have been booked for time-wasting ( blatant ) but the ref let him off . |
| 22 | In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it . |
| 23 | He ‘ produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ’ , but the magistrate told him ‘ that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ’ . |
| 24 | For many years he ran his own scaffolding company but the recession forced him out of business . |
| 25 | But the foundation asked him again , and he agreed to complete it . |
| 26 | Dara seized a kitchen knife and tried to defend himself , but the thugs overpowered him . |
| 27 | He wanted to read philosophy but the university refused him ; so did the cinema school and the drama faculty ( though to the amused admiration of his friends in the theatre , he did eventually attend , as a student , after the successful opening of The Garden Party , and when he had already completed his best play , The Memorandum ( which remains probaby his most effective play ) . |
| 28 | He looked in that direction but the blindfold prevented him from seeing who had spoken . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But the picture watched him , with its beautiful face and its cruel smile . |