Example sentences of "[adj] but she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Her accent is very French but she speaks English fluently . ) |
| 2 | At some stage during her crisis-strewn life Emily had gone to the University of Lancaster to study French but she 'd never completed her course . |
| 3 | You see this but she said , ooh , I 've had , did n't tell you , I 've had the burglars ! |
| 4 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 5 | Eva was convinced she would get well if she was sensible but she had no intention of spending the rest of her life wrapped in cotton wool . |
| 6 | He was still calm but she thought that his face was paler . |
| 7 | She let him pass her , fifty yards to the east ; the temptation to shout was wrong but she waited until he was at the hedge . |
| 8 | She had done nothing wrong but she felt that she had . |
| 9 | Carmella still looked doubtful but she managed a smile . |
| 10 | She began to feel foolish but she had to talk to somebody and Miss Hatherby was the only person to whom she could turn . |
| 11 | So she 's completely and totally paralysed but she 's paralysed and can feel pain . |
| 12 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 13 | He had known she was old but she had been so full of vitality , and interested in all the things going on in the world , that her death was a shock . |
| 14 | It may have been painful but she got things moving . |
| 15 | Massey 's realism is implicit rather than explicit but she remains committed to what looks like a traditional and reflective , rather than revolutionary and transformational , conception of explanation . |
| 16 | It 's not dangerous but she loses power . |
| 17 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 18 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |
| 19 | Finding enough cash to pay even for a handful of sessions was n't easy but she reckoned the sessions worth every penny . |
| 20 | Her new position made her nervous but she kept breathing deeply to conquer it , and looked forward to proving herself worthy of the promotion . |
| 21 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 22 | Her mum and dad are still jet-lagged but she seems fine . |
| 23 | I thought no way have I got in , it was too quick but she said I could start the following Monday . |
| 24 | I 'm convinced Alison was shot because she was white but she had no power in constructing the society they were making a statement against . ’ |
| 25 | Getting her sandals filthy but she did n't care . |
| 26 | She behaves like someone who is hyperunfaithful But she behaves like that because she knows I like it . |
| 27 | The life of the anchoress was hard but she did not necessarily give herself over to excessive penance . |
| 28 | Mrs Stevens got the blame for producing these but she claimed that she had merely kept him talking while her son went for the police . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | That was spiteful and unnecessary but she did not score it out . |