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 | She was probably not born into the wild , but she lived as a feral dog . |
| 3 | Theda could not look at him , but she said in a subdued tone , ‘ It is what your godmother called me . |
| 4 | " 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 . |
| 5 | Desperately she pressed on but she knew with an awful certainty that he would vanish before she got there . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He had hoped to waken her gently , but she drew in a small gasping breath . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | But she pulled at the pink blanket and did n't say anything . |
| 13 | 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 . |