Example sentences of "but it [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he will normally be planning to do , but it involves him in a more considerable recasting of his planned activities than the university teacher , and brings him into contact with many more parts of the school life . |
| 2 | But it got him in the end . |
| 3 | But it hurt him in some way to admit that one of his key men came from the wrong end of the Bible , so to speak . |
| 4 | There was no harm in that but it landed him in trouble every time . |
| 5 | Danby 's fall in 1679 may have deprived Dering of a political ally and patron , but it provided him with his most prestigious government position . |
| 6 | James had armed himself with the sword of Robert the Bruce , but it stood him in poor stead . |
| 7 | His advocacy of soldiers ' and workers ' councils put him wholly at variance with the Labour movement as it regrouped on a parliamentary socialist programme late in 1917 ; but it won him from Lenin and Litvinov the title of first Bolshevik consul for Britain , based in Scotland . |
| 8 | The 72 might have seemed boring but it put him in charge . |
| 9 | But it reminded him of what he wanted to say . |
| 10 | For a moment Seb had forgotten his sprained ankle but it reminded him in no uncertain fashion when he tried to put his full weight on it . |