Example sentences of "but she [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was probably not born into the wild , but she lived as a feral dog . |
| 2 | Theda could not look at him , but she said in a subdued tone , ‘ It is what your godmother called me . |
| 3 | He had hoped to waken her gently , but she drew in a small gasping breath . |
| 4 | Our chief executive , Petre Sefton , is not an accountant but she comes from a commercial organisation , so she is not fettered in any way by preconceived notions about the profession . |
| 5 | I had not realized how close they had been but she grieved for a long while for the grandmother to whom she had felt close and in whom she had found it easy to confide . |
| 6 | She heard John draw a sharp breath beside her but she spoke with a bright-eyed defiance , not to Lord Wyatt but at the crowd behind him , noting with pleasure their discomfiture and annoyance . |