Example sentences of "but she [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jenna is not well , Alain , but she refuses to have a doctor . |
| 2 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 3 | Helen and Tony had been delighted when Helen became pregnant , but she had suffered a miscarriage in June and although always hopeful , had not become pregnant again . |
| 4 | Pat Yot had never been entrusted with such responsibility before but she had become a friend of the family ; to Bernard and Laura loyalty and energy mattered far more than experience . |
| 5 | But she had found a deal of happiness in her family . |
| 6 | There he found the greatest novelty of all : a twenty-eight-day dial that showed the phases of the moon — at least , it had been the moon when Nora bought the watch but she had got a miniaturist to overpaint it with an enamel portrait of herself . |
| 7 | Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting . |
| 8 | She was far too quick-witted to complain and endured silently , but she managed to extract a promise of a new hat and a new dress from him , before getting up an hour later to tidy herself and prepare supper . |
| 9 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 10 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 11 | She has no refrigerator or washing machine , but she does have a vacuum cleaner . |
| 12 | But she does look a bit silly though in it ? |
| 13 | But she 'd led a troopship full of auxiliaries to their deaths ; she was wounded herself , and weakened with pain and drugs . |
| 14 | But she 'd learnt a job in That 's what she was doing you see , in the . |
| 15 | But she did ask a question , she was the first question that was asked , the one about erm |
| 16 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 17 | No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence . |
| 18 | She was by no means a billionairess when she and IBJ began their relationship , but she did own a couple of restaurants in Osaka ; and IBJ was desperate to expand operations in that area . |
| 19 | Her eyes watered when her hair was pulled so roughly , but she refused to make a sound . |
| 20 | No but she 's got a phone in the car . |
| 21 | She 's got long fair hair but she 's got a veil over it . |
| 22 | We do n't always agree , but she 's got a style of her own , and I 've got mine ; sometimes we just agree to differ . ’ |
| 23 | But er most of them , but she 's got a couple over here , I think . |
| 24 | Yeah , but she 's got a bit of a problem with that . |
| 25 | But she 's got a dog and like with that being with her constantly it 's , so it 's been what she 's always remembered , |
| 26 | But she 's got a husband . |
| 27 | But she 's got a card for Macrows . |
| 28 | Yes , but she 's got all the erm she 's got hundreds of well not hundreds , but she 's got a lot of customers , I mean , she works in huge offices does n't she ? |
| 29 | I 've got a friend who is a punk ; her make-up takes her ages , but she wants to make a statement , to be noticed . |
| 30 | Her father wanted her to go to Cambridge University and get a good degree but she wanted to become a photographer . |