Example sentences of "but she was [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She was a journalist , but she was also a tease .
2 goddess in human form whose symbol was the throne of mother of Horus and the king , but she was also the sister-wife of Osiris and protector of the dead .
3 Charity looked serious but she was obviously a master at the game and he must not show he 'd been jolted .
4 Joyce was to recite a monologue but she was always a victim of acute nerves and at fifteen was very self conscious .
5 Her outburst had at least got some of her anger off her chest , but she was still a prisoner , and when fresh falls of snow were forecast she felt near the end of her tether at the prospect of being trapped any longer at Rocamar .
6 But she was still a creature of strong straight lines and planes and angles and she was still not smiling .
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