Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] her [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know Tonya very well , but I wish her the best . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 3 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 4 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 5 | She passed several men , but none gave her a second glance . |
| 6 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 7 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 8 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |