Example sentences of "but he [vb past] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His knees almost buckled but he fought himself upright and managed to get Trent into focus . |
| 2 | I hoped that university would bring him out of his shell , but he kept himself to himself . ’ |
| 3 | But he told himself : you can always change luck back again . |
| 4 | But he told himself he was mistaken . |
| 5 | Merymose had to find out where that help came from , but he told himself that he had no reason to suspect Huy of withholding any more information . |
| 6 | But he told himself not to be crazy . |
| 7 | But he had himself confirmed them now , too blatantly for her to ignore them any longer . |
| 8 | They were far from being a pretty sight but he forced himself to carry out as thorough an investigation as he could . |
| 9 | Her disappointment appeared genuine , but he forced himself to phone Palottino . |
| 10 | Richmann 's scowl deepened , but he restrained himself from snapping an answer back at the General . |
| 11 | His Irish wife , Aylish O'Flaherty , ran off with their son , whom she feared would be raised as a heretic ; this was enough , by the statutes of the time , to have the marriage dissolved and the boy dispossessed ; but he distinguished himself in the Civil War , raising a troop of horse for the royalists , while the castle was occupied by Cromwellian troops . |
| 12 | ‘ You must show the … ’ but he checked himself . |
| 13 | But he made himself walk to and fro a hundred times , slowly at first , then more briskly , to keep up some sense of health . |
| 14 | Huy felt anger rise into his mouth , but he made himself remain calm as he described the dead girl from the land of the Twin Rivers . |
| 15 | Nigel made many enemies and no friends with these pieces , but he prided himself on his integrity . |
| 16 | Mr Richardson said : ‘ His mother tried to bar him from using the telephone but he connected himself to the line by running a piece of wire under the carpet and soldering it to the telephone terminal . ’ |
| 17 | It was important for him to build up a body of allies to ensure his succession on his father 's death , but he overreached himself , was regarded as a rebel and was killed , after being defeated in battle by Chlothar . |
| 18 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
| 19 | But he hurled himself out , across the corridor to his own room , to throw himself on his bed in rage and self-disgust . |
| 20 | He was angered , and for a moment was tempted to reply that Louise herself had managed to fit in to French society , despite her origins and her antecedents , but he curbed himself . |
| 21 | In 1686 he became a London alderman , sitting for Broad Street ; but he discharged himself the following year , probably in anticipation of the purging of Anglicans from the bench . |
| 22 | Not that his system was susceptible to such discomforts , but he fancied himself an empathic soul . |
| 23 | His breathing quickened with raw urgency , but he held himself rigid above the provocation of her softly rounded femininity . |
| 24 | But he hated himself more . |
| 25 | But he hated himself for being drawn to her , however briefly , because he was personally involved … |
| 26 | When they were told that he was still at lunch , Morton thought that Bragg would explode , but he controlled himself and settled for a middle-aged assistant . |
| 27 | Sometimes I caught the Feldwebel looking wistfully out of the window at a dilapidated horse and cart or an old man on a bicycle but he controlled himself and tried to make polite conversation . |
| 28 | But he controlled himself . |
| 29 | But he controlled himself — there was a force of mandroids that would have done the controlling , otherwise — and merely snarled a reply that left the old pirate fuming . |
| 30 | With great effort he averted his gaze from the sight of Sarah Morey with her family , but he promised himself that one day soon he would look upon her intimately , now that she was free once more . |