Example sentences of "him but [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teenager tried to run away when the youths approached him but they punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground . |
| 2 | They would celebrate with him but he knew they would be envious . |
| 3 | So he said choice because it was his property they contacted him but he said what he 's done is though right there is n't anywhere near that amount ! |
| 4 | I did n't ask him but he said he required them . |
| 5 | When Wendell had been interviewed , he had refused to say how many dollars the shindig was costing him but he admitted it was a lot . |
| 6 | Nicholas 's arms ached to hold and comfort him but he kept his distance , sitting in an armchair with maximum space between them . |
| 7 | He had the audacity to smile and Ruth squirmed frantically under him but he stilled her thrashing body with the weight of his own . |
| 8 | She stopped next to him but he ignored her and kept on walking . |
| 9 | The brick hit Yussuf and jolted him but he shrugged it aside . |
| 10 | She reached out to him but he drew his hand away and sat back , distancing himself from her . |
| 11 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 12 | She put her arm round him but he pushed her away . |
| 13 | Mum went over and tried to console him but he pushed her gently from him . |
| 14 | It had n't pleased him but he acknowledged it . |
| 15 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 16 | She went to rush past him but he caught her bare arms and swung her round , grasping her shoulders to hold her still . |
| 17 | It was soul-destroying to him but it gave him money for his wife and child . |
| 18 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |
| 19 | I went to punch him but I caught him with the crowbar instead . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ One man got in and tried to strangle him but I pulled him off , ’ he said . |