Example sentences of "his [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to avoid his gaze but found it impossible . |
| 2 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 3 | I did not wait for his return but telephoned him later in the evening . |
| 4 | The heavy labour not only fought the flab around his waist but cured him of the insomnia he had suffered from for so many years . |
| 5 | He is near enough for his bulk to cut out the reflection of the sky and so his own reflection does not reproduce his colours but allows us to see into the water . |
| 6 | Mr Armstrong said : ‘ He made a statement to the police making no complaint against his wife but claiming he had fallen on a knife . ’ |
| 7 | This blighted his prospects but turned him into new paths . |
| 8 | Marcus thought about writing to his father but knew he did n't have anything to say to him . |
| 9 | He tugged at his knife but had it only half-drawn when the huge taloned paw of the bear smashed his head as if it was a rotten apple . |
| 10 | Wurlitzer originally wrote a quite different last chapter to his novel but threw it away because it seemed too analytical . |
| 11 | It swung open at his touch but closing it , as always , was more difficult and he lugged and half lifted it into place and slipped the circle of wire over the gatepost with a familiar sensation of having turned his back on the workaday world and entered country which , no matter how frequent his visits , would always be alien territory . |
| 12 | Mr. Graham does not take a fee for his talks but directs it to UNICEF . |
| 13 | She resented his tone but told him the real news , Pascoe 's resignation . |
| 14 | Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life . |
| 15 | Nigel could n't leave his digging but wished us luck and we began to make our plans : go up on the Settle-Carlisle line for a day or two , split up to get round all the caravans quicker , then meet at dinner and tea to compare notes . |
| 16 | We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism . |
| 17 | A competition was held , in which Haycock won the second premium ; and it was then decided to adopt his design but to put it ‘ into the hands ’ of Thomas Harrison of Chester [ q.v. ] , who made certain minor modifications to it . |
| 18 | I explained that I wanted the experience of running my own expedition and , after some discussion , he withdrew his objections but warned me not to go further than Bilen . |