Example sentences of "but she [verb] [prep] the [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 | " 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her action against the school ( the first defendants ) failed but she recovered from the second defendants . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | But she pulled at the pink blanket and did n't say anything . |
| 11 | JUDY MOWATT , one third of Marley 's backing singers , The I-Threes , is not rich , asking a hundred US dollars for an interview , but she lives in the better part of Kingston . |