Example sentences of "but she [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time she had been to the office she had been confined in a poky little interview room near the editor 's office , but she hoped to avoid that fate this time . |
| 2 | But she had to give some thought to him , too . |
| 3 | But she had made huge progress , Lisa congratulated herself as she got ready to pack up at the end of another exhausting day . |
| 4 | But she had recognized faint glimmerings of fanaticism in his recent actions . |
| 5 | But she had known this encounter was coming ever since she and Florian had attracted the attention of the photographers covering the concert at one of Taipei 's main sports stadiums the previous night . |
| 6 | He was a good-looking man with his jet-black hair and intimidating jawline , but she had encountered any number far more handsome , yet none had stirred her the way he could with a single glance from those incredible eyes . |
| 7 | But she had spent many years perfecting the art of the memo . |
| 8 | The tenants ' rent books had been correctly marked up by her , but she had put different figures into the ledger and cash book . |
| 9 | Her eyepatch apart , she bore no obvious scars , but she had fought many battles , vanquished many foes . |
| 10 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 11 | Two months later her gall bladder had been removed , but she continued to experience abdominal discomfort . |
| 12 | Isabelle might have left her the case , but she 'd hidden these things away , making sure they would n't be discovered at least while her husband was alive . |
| 13 | A teaching job added to her duties but she began to write short stories . |
| 14 | ’ That neither did she , but she did expect common civility . ’ |
| 15 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 16 | But she did make one request . |
| 17 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 18 | But she did know one thing . |
| 19 | Katherine liked to believe that she was n't vindictive , but she did have certain rules , certain standards , both for her house and her business , and one of the reasons she had been so successful both in Dublin and now in London , was because she applied those rules rigorously . |
| 20 | Silas had made it plain that he did n't want women in his life , but she refused to accept that fact . |
| 21 | She told the Herald that she would miss Le Court and probably be homesick for a little while but she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family . |
| 22 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |