Example sentences of "but she [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But she ought to apply for a Pony Club polo scholarship . ’
2 What she could do she had no idea ; but she would stand on the cliff top at Dover and heave rocks at the arrogant sods , if that was what it took .
3 Taking her sister 's hand , she found there was nothing else for it , but she must press to the point .
4 Folly wanted to snatch it away , but she could think of no good excuse .
5 There were no doors in the walls , but she could tell from the noise that the building she thought she had come out of was a pub .
6 Jazzbeaux had been out of it for most of the fighting , but she could tell from the leavings that things had got serious .
7 Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face .
8 Ember would n't even tell her what from , but she could sense through the flux of data that came from her paling blue awareness that the others had something planned for her , something that she did n't want .
9 The man sitting opposite her looked shifty , but she could see from the set of his jaw that he 'd no intention of telling her his suspicions .
10 She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora .
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