Example sentences of "but she [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1876 he married Marian , daughter of John Deakin Heaton , physician , of Claremont , Leeds , but she died following the birth of their daughter in 1878 . |
| 2 | ‘ Jenna is not well , Alain , but she refuses to have a doctor . |
| 3 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 4 | Ms Wilikins was unconvinced , but she had accepted the invitation . |
| 5 | For one with such a full programme it was good of Dr. Stewart to spend the whole day with us but she had expressed the wish to see as much as possible of our work and it was a tremendous pleasure to have her with us and for so many to have the opportunity of chatting with her . |
| 6 | But she had begun the withdrawal and her synapses knew enough to carry it out even as thousands of her brain-cells died in the nova . |
| 7 | But she had reached the end of her rope and could n't take any more , and , speedily cutting him off . |
| 8 | She had looked in Marie 's direction but she had made no sign of recognition . |
| 9 | There were tears on the unremarkable face of Mrs Phipps , but she had made no sound , from the minute of entering the tent until now . |
| 10 | Theda 's lips had tightened , but she had made no complaint . |
| 11 | It was a big , strong hand , roughly calloused from fieldwork , but she had made an effort . |
| 12 | ( 34 ) But she had forgiven the pot man . |
| 13 | She did n't know she had it in her but she had felt the need to act . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She had n't noticed me , but she had seen the neighbours hanging out of their windows , spectating . |
| 17 | But she had found a deal of happiness in her family . |
| 18 | She had told him something good would come out of that missing jewellery , but she had had no idea of just how wonderful it was going to be . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But she had re-entered the world of music , she comforted herself with this ; in the least expected way she was back in the life from which Mike and his family and marriage had threatened to cut her off for ever . |
| 21 | Tipper had pretended to be shocked , but she had enjoyed the sight of Honor 's shattered composure . |
| 22 | But she had enjoyed the experience , she realised now . |
| 23 | Her voice was calm and matter-of-fact , but she had to fight the need to clench her hands in her lap . |
| 24 | But she had left the room on silent feet , and the door had closed without a sound behind her . |
| 25 | Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting . |
| 26 | She thought she might have , that he had come to her in her sleep , whispered to her as he was whispering to her now , but she had forced the dream images away , she had denied them as she had denied what he wanted of her from the beginning . |
| 27 | make sure I see her this week , so she said oh she said Penny is a good girl she said er there was Penny and Margaret working at G P P and she said they were both doing test but she said come the end of day they only wanted one she said and for that , so she said Penny stood back and let Margaret stay to keep her job |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Ethel Walker ( 1861–1951 ) is a little known artist today but she managed to attain the respect of the art establishment of her time . |
| 30 | She found the phone line had been cut but she managed to raise the alarm from a nearby callbox . |