Example sentences of "but she [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Talking to strangers might be unwise , but she thought of the ghastly welcome awaiting the tired , unsuspecting traveller , and felt sorry for him .
2 Smith inspected the United Boys ' Brigades of America with her in 1907 but she died in the same year of a tragic accident , not long after their return .
3 She was probably not born into the wild , but she lived as a feral dog .
4 Theda could not look at him , but she said in a subdued tone , ‘ It is what your godmother called me .
5 " You do n't really want to go , " said Laura , but she disappeared into the spare cabin , where , unfortunately , her dresses had to be kept .
6 Desperately she pressed on but she knew with an awful certainty that he would vanish before she got there .
7 His expression was unreadable , but she knew from the hot breath flowing over her breasts that he was finding the procedure as erotic as she was .
8 Normally , although his massive body dwarfed her own , he showed her consideration in his bed , but she knew from the rare occasions when it had happened before that drinking heavily coarsened his sexual appetites .
9 Her action against the school ( the first defendants ) failed but she recovered from the second defendants .
10 She was certainly that , But she meant on a larger scale , A cosmic scale , We were all lost ; but one day we 'd be saved .
11 Mary Kingsley was also an intrepid traveller , but she stuck to the conventional dress of a Victorian lady , which on one occasion saved her life .
12 He had hoped to waken her gently , but she drew in a small gasping breath .
13 He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking .
14 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 .
15 but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I
16 ‘ Goodni — ’ But she stumbled over the final syllable , for suddenly his dark head was leaning towards her and she felt his lips lightly brush against her cheek .
17 But she pulled at the pink blanket and did n't say anything .
18 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 .
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