Example sentences of "but [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to see his face light up with pleasure as his eye lighted on a child 's painting or model spoke more to the teacher ( and the child ) about the sincerity of his concerns than a hundred words would . |
| 2 | One of the officers whispered to the CO who nodded abruptly but asked his next question with less obvious sarcasm . |
| 3 | He decided not to take part in the creation of the United Alkali Co. in 1890 , but amalgamated his company with another midland Leblanc soda manufacturer , Hunt & Sons of Wednesbury , in 1898 to form Chance & Hunt Ltd . |
| 4 | But given his lack of money it 's hardly worth it . |
| 5 | That claim may have been sheer bravado , but given his long association with US intelligence , the general undoubtedly has enough mud to splatter many of his erstwhile US friends . |
| 6 | Elizabeth began to laugh but seeing his expression , she stopped and studied his face . |
| 7 | But read his encounter , at the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Grachanitsa , with Mother Tatiana , a tough Serbian nun . |
| 8 | Otherwise no-one troubled him and he saw no one but shared his strange corner of the forest with the beasts of the forest . |
| 9 | He was relegated to the back of the grid , but fought his way through to finish in the top 10 . |
| 10 | What was more , he considered it his duty , not only to pray in public himself , but to induce his friends to join him , often at inconvenient times and in conspicuous places . |
| 11 | Glenn , who has one daughter and two grand-daughters , said he was very impressed with the NHS but thinks his was a case of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | Jacques Pinon , owner of a cafe tabac in Paris has put up the required ‘ no smoking ’ signs , but thinks his responsibility stops there . |
| 13 | Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’ |
| 14 | His cousin Richard inherited thy Glynde property but made his fortune elsewhere , in the church . |
| 15 | The son of an Australian physicist , he was born in London but made his name initially in several Australian movies and came back to London in 1949 as a protégé of Laurence Olivier . |
| 16 | Keown started as an apprentice at Highbury , but made his debut while on loan at Brighton in 1985 . |
| 17 | If someone says he loves God , but hates his brother [ or teacher ] , he is a liar . |
| 18 | but but w er the verse nine , Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the dark . |
| 19 | If a lorry driver does not actually drive each day because business is slack , but receives his usual wages , he is not justified in complaining about lack of actual driving work . |
| 20 | He looked at her sharply and she realized what she 'd said , but met his gaze determined not to go back on the promise to herself . |
| 21 | He professes to be an atheist but met his wife at the Youth Fellowship at a church in Edinburgh . |
| 22 | God , but she knew how he liked to be pleasured , taking care not to stale his nerves with repetition , but cajoling his juice into cells already brimming , until he was ready to come in blood , and be murdered by her work , willingly . |
| 23 | Betty , made preternaturally alert by love , saw Beuno looking at Lydia and smiling , but misread his expression . |
| 24 | He went to Oxford from secondary school but failed his Bar exams , unlike his father and brother . |
| 25 | There appeared to be nothing for him to do but make his way back to the Inn on the Point , collect his own belongings and return to London . |
| 26 | Riegler , the Federal Vice-Chancellor , had led the party since May 1989 [ see p. 37688 ] but announced his resignation as party leader on May 23 . |
| 27 | The common people do not blame me or my husband for Buckingham 's downfall but say his fate was star-crossed by this house . |
| 28 | Davidoff and Hall have recently underlined not only the strong conception of ministerial leadership possessed by John Angell James at Carr 's Lane in Birmingham — ‘ We occupy a very public station ; like the angel standing in the sun we must be seen ’ — but demonstrated his ability to lead his chapel in alignment with Anglican reformers to work for antislavery , temperance and projects of moral benevolence within the community . |
| 29 | Thus , when Le Pen entertained the possibility of the non-existence of the Holocaust , he not only revealed his attitude toward past events but demonstrated his attitude towards the antisemitic conspiracy theory of politics . |
| 30 | Article 89 of the constitution clearly stated that the constitution could only be revised with the prior agreement of parliament , but basing his decision on article 11 ( the clause which gave the president power to hold referenda ) , de Gaulle decided that the question would be put directly to the people . |