Example sentences of "but she [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion .
2 The honey was fermenting but she chewed up the nut and swallowed it avidly ; then , encouraged by Tom , she dipped her finger in the honey and licked it clean .
3 But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face .
4 ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence .
5 I croaked out , which hospital , but she had n't a clue and sent me up to ask somebody called Coleman . "
6 She watched him as he snatched the receiver and barked down the end of it , but she had n't a clue as to the nature of the conversation , since she was privy to only one side , and that was in French .
7 But she had n't the patience for that .
8 She felt herself being picked up and carried , but she had n't the strength to struggle .
9 She knew she looked better in her skirt and jersey , but she had not the courage to wear them .
10 She was brainy — that is , she had her head stuffed with facts , but she had neither the intelligence nor judgement to interpret their significance and relate them to the world .
11 No doubt the wall was lower at some point — down at the edge of the parkland , perhaps — but she had neither the time nor the inclination to find out .
12 For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away .
13 Meredith might be a virgin , but she knew when a man was aroused .
14 She did n't have a lot of experience , but she knew when a man was aroused and when he was n't .
15 But she cherished even the pain that Mark caused her .
16 She had the insane desire to tell all that to this man , but she bit back the words .
17 But she bit back the words .
18 It was on the tip of her tongue then to ask if he had managed to dispatch the papers to whoever they were destined for , but she held back the question before it got uttered .
19 But she put up a barrier around her , and allowed no one to pass .
20 The engaged tone bleeping in Robyn 's ear confirmed the good sense of this judgement , but she put down the receiver reluctantly .
21 Natasha is at university in Bradford now , but she comes home every weekend to go to the games with us . ’
22 McKenzie tried to push her head under water but she pulled out the plug .
23 He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home .
24 Anne 's face was red and she felt ready to burst with anger but she picked up the baby and escaped to the bathroom .
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