Example sentences of "but she [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be possible , temporarily , to laugh at the wife being landed in trouble by the monk after her meretricious bargain with him , but she extricates herself from this problem in true fabliau manner . |
| 2 | ( Her accent is very French but she speaks English fluently . ) |
| 3 | Her Spanish is very good , but she speaks to me in English to help me learn it . ’ |
| 4 | But she recognises that the Administration is under considerable domestic pressure to reduce the US budget deficit through substantial savings in expenditure . |
| 5 | She does n't understand half of what we say but she listens all the time . |
| 6 | DJ Kevin Cameron hosts a Saturday afternoon programme of 60 's and 70 's hits which Moira claims she 's too young to remember … but she listens anyway . |
| 7 | Her lifelong mission has been to counter fundamentalist hypocrisy in any form , but she admits she 'd now like to resolve the conflict with her mother . |
| 8 | But she admits : ‘ Yes , there have been times of anger and frustration for me as well as Jack . |
| 9 | With her first baby , Faith tended to cook and purée fresh food but she admits there is n't always time to do this now . |
| 10 | But she admits there was room for rationalization in other areas ; ‘ at first clothes were never costed properly ; in fact we may have been underpricing ’ , she explained , ‘ but for Laura the most important thing was that everyone was working happily together ’ . |
| 11 | But she admits her first experience of birth has n't put her off — she 's just glad they live so close to the hospital otherwise she 'd probably have given birth in the car ! |
| 12 | She lost the fingers of one hand in the accident but she admits it could have been a lot worse . |
| 13 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 14 | But she asks for no accolade . |
| 15 | But she asks who is going to believe her , when he is an Egyptian and she is a foreigner ? ’ |
| 16 | It 's not dangerous but she loses power . |
| 17 | But she recognizes the need to tread warily and I doubt not she is right . |
| 18 | She does n't succeed , but she manages to make Norman very miserable . |
| 19 | She , like other woman-centred psychologists , does not pursue this question , but she manages to write as if she knew the answer . |
| 20 | Mitch is set on revenge and tries to rape Blanche but she manages to break off his attack by calling ‘ Fire ! |
| 21 | But you know , but she talks to him like like , nobody . |
| 22 | But she doubts whether the Chancellor will offer any long-term solutions . |
| 23 | She does n't try to be Black , but she appreciates Black culture , Black fashion . |
| 24 | Her death is inevitable , over eight long years , but she remains vital and amusing and can even joke about it . |
| 25 | Massey 's realism is implicit rather than explicit but she remains committed to what looks like a traditional and reflective , rather than revolutionary and transformational , conception of explanation . |
| 26 | More recently , it appears , she has accepted that his government has ceased to exist but she remains deeply hostile to the U.S.C. , and in particular Mr. Mahdi , who are equally hostile to her , and contends that there is at present no government of the Republic of Somalia . |
| 27 | Today , hospital officials say her condition is improving , but she remains seriously ill . |
| 28 | We 're somewhat reluctant to offer it up , fearing a second stabbing , but she becomes stern , and we acquiesce . |
| 29 | Her abilities might suit her to a top job in the Civil Service , but she gets such a buzz from being in the private sector , she would hate the very idea . |
| 30 | ‘ But she gets a 7lb penalty next week and will the soft ground be enough to wipe that out , ’ queried Willie who has reached his 21st century on Tuesday . |