Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chesarynth hung back , not wanting him behind her , but he ushered her in with little shooing motions of his manicured hands and she had no choice . |
| 2 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 3 | Two guys in front of us turned to look at Werewolf but he stared them down from behind his dark glasses . |
| 4 | ‘ Not my party , but he gets himself in with both lots . |
| 5 | I thought the fellow meant the bailey but he took us out into a garden which ran down towards a small river . |
| 6 | Luke pulled the collar of Piper 's jacket down , trying to free the old man 's arms of the sleeves , but he shrugged it back into place . |
| 7 | Up to then he had never been in front — he was three down with 11 holes to play — but he went one up at the 17th the second time around . |
| 8 | The first few minutes of the film were somehow missing , but he watched it through to the end . |
| 9 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 10 | But he tricked them out of the deeds , then conned them out of £85,000 to buy a Bentley . |
| 11 | I was always a sensitive child , but he beat it out of me , taught me that the only way to make your way in life is by standing up and fighting for what you want . |
| 12 | But he turned her around with one swift jerk and forced her to face him . |
| 13 | She tried to turn her head away , but he turned it back with a gentleness that was deceptive . |
| 14 | ‘ He did , once , but he threw them out of his house ; he thought he wasted too much time telling his two youngest sons bed-time stories . ’ |
| 15 | He had n't got the information I was waiting for but he rang me back at about a quarter to ten . |
| 16 | Jenna struggled to her feet , but he waved her back to her seat . |