Example sentences of "but she [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother was so dazzled she never even thought to question him about his job , but she grew to live for the visits he made daily to the shop . |
| 2 | She had wanted to see her rival — but she had reckoned without the effect Luke would have on her senses . |
| 3 | Ruth stared down at her , barely able to focus , and then her eyes darted frantically towards Rosa but she had gone into the other room . |
| 4 | She might have been trying to reach our Post for help , but she had crawled under the last parapet , and could go no farther . |
| 5 | But she had lived inside the Dark Realm for many months , she had been forced to see the terrible creatures that hold sway there , and she had been at Medoc 's mercy for all of that time . |
| 6 | But she had flirted with the Big Man . |
| 7 | French was tough going for Anna , but she had ploughed through the correspondence of Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salomé , and Freud and Lawrence of Arabia . |
| 8 | But she had forgotten about the card already . |
| 9 | He turned to tell Lily to put the kettle on , but she had fled into the scullery to tidy herself up . |
| 10 | New Year 's Eve in those early years had possessed a dull religious sheen , a pewter glimmer , which by much effort and polishing and dedication of the will could bring her a little light , a little hope , a little perseverance : but she had longed for the flames and the candles , the cut glass and the singing . |
| 11 | She not only had the figure of a mannequin but she had learned from the girls at the salon how to walk , how to hold her head up , how to appear perfectly poised . |
| 12 | At first , he says , people did not understand what she wanted , but she came to learn about the Masai and write it in a book . |
| 13 | Like everyone else in the Lodge , Meryl had locked her window and door and mentally earmarked a makeshift weapon among the everyday objects by the bed , but she felt dissociated from the whole procedure . |
| 14 | Long conversations tired her but she loved to talk of the old days and her life as a nanny to a wealthy family . |
| 15 | Roman turned to Claudia , but she refused to respond to the message he was silently trying to convey . |
| 16 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 17 | She watched her mother get into the car , but she remained standing by the open door until Lizzie had turned the car and then disappeared down the drive . |
| 18 | She told her husband Derek she did n't mind going when her number was up , but she wanted to go in the saddle |
| 19 | But she wanted to impress upon the porter the existence of an appropriate form of address that did not reveal a woman 's marital status . |
| 20 | But she stood frozen to the spot , a rabbit caught in a white light , a moth caught in its destiny with a flame . |
| 21 | She ordered herself to leave , to walk up to her cabin , but she stood rooted to the spot as he came down the stairs towards her . |