Example sentences of "but she [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 You may have got quite friendly now , but she does n't necessarily know all that goes on in Robert 's mind . ’
2 ‘ Well , yes , but she does n't always believe me . ’
3 Susan says she does it , but she does n't really do it !
4 But she does n't really look as though she 's broken loose .
5 She says it 's because the water is pure from the mountain but she does n't really believe it 's just that .
6 The community psychiatric nurse comes occasionally — I never know when — and she sympathizes ; nice girl but she does n't actually do anything useful .
7 Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind .
8 The new mother is often terrified of making a mistake but she does not really know what is the best thing to do .
9 ‘ It wo n't take long , but she 'd better not stay here .
10 She tries real hard , but she do n't really sing — she sort of shouts .
11 But she did n't even look back .
12 Yes , she had all the chances , but she did n't even take a degree — threw herself into left-wing politics , and then got married .
13 About Hattie , she was n't in the concert cos she supposed to be ill but she did n't even come to watch and her parents came to watch her .
14 Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed .
15 He said he had a daughter about her age but she did n't really like sailing .
16 Me mam must have known something was up , but she did n't really click what it was .
17 She had switched the apartment air-conditioning off , distrusting its effect on the health , and for a while she tried to convince herself that it was the unaccustomed humidity that made her so restless , but she did n't really believe it , and the eyes that looked back at her from her bathroom mirror in the morning were shadowy , and hunted .
18 The life of the anchoress was hard but she did not necessarily give herself over to excessive penance .
19 But she did not actually admit it .
20 He talked , it was true , with a little too much self-confidence , and she could tell that his views were not entirely original , but she did not really care , because they were interesting , and it was something to be interested .
21 When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me .
22 The British Ambassador — a tall thin Scotsman from Edinburgh was always quiet , polite and well-dressed , but she did not always believe what he said .
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