Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a year or more since they had met , but he ran out of the shop and clung to her elbow . |
| 2 | I do n't know how many years had There 's a chap in the village , Jim , he might be remember , but he ran out of time too , to win the cup I think . |
| 3 | But he ran out of steam in the closing stages , took a 6 at the long sixth , and gave hope to the rest that the £41,660 top prize might still be available . |
| 4 | After that I dropped to 5 , 7 and out , but he sailed on magisterially . |
| 5 | But he dropped out of the limelight after moving to Watford from Nottingham Forest . |
| 6 | But he got up the front of the line and he got the job . |
| 7 | But he got up and came blundering on towards them . |
| 8 | Asik was hungary and tired , his knees were sore and he wanted to go to sleep but he got up slowly and started down the road . |
| 9 | The Zikr must have been devout too , of course , but he got round a lot more than Zoser , mixed with people , liked crowd and noise and a bit of fun . |
| 10 | But he got down in two more , for a bogey five , and then the chasers , Langer and David Graham , found they had run out of puff . |
| 11 | But he got down the pit , after you know whe after the War . |
| 12 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 13 | At first it seemed that his career might even be over , but he fought back . |
| 14 | The saw stuck when it reached its own depth , but he kept on trying . |
| 15 | But he kept on leading her , kept on dragging her . |
| 16 | But he kept on talking , and I could n't stop myself from hearing . |
| 17 | He was dead tired but he kept up his gallop , and at the post had four lengths to spare over Spartan Missile , with Royal Mail two lengths further back in third . |
| 18 | In all those appointments he was popular both as preacher and pastor , but he kept up his musical activities , graduating D.Mus . |
| 19 | After the Restoration , pursuing his erstwhile reversion on Edmund 's behalf , he was pronounced unfit for a tellership , but he kept out of trouble until 1671 , when he was sent to the Tower on suspicion of involvement in the conspiracy of Colonel Thomas Blood [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | But he slept on . |
| 21 | He and Sergeant Robins had obviously tried each other 's patience to the limits , but he cheered up at the sight of Dalgliesh and enquired with childish belligerence : |
| 22 | She tried to slide past him but he swung round with her , catching both her hands and holding her in front of him . |
| 23 | ‘ But he wound up on his feet with a beautiful family , still making music . |
| 24 | They sent him along to vacuum the carpets , but he wound up with his very own theatre to practice in . |
| 25 | And then Danny McCann could have scored a second for Fairmile in the dying moments , but he shot over from a good position . |
| 26 | She moved to go past him , but he shot out a hand and restrained her . |
| 27 | Blunt saw nothing ahead but he shot off a dozen rounds on impulse as he plunged through a great hole . |
| 28 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 29 | Nuadu could see that his eyes were distended with fright now , but he stared back at his captor , unflinchingly . |
| 30 | La Rozière had to leave in a hurry , but he brought back much useful information and , promoted to lieut. -colonel , was employed to survey the facilities available on the French coast for embarking the invading army . |