Example sentences of "[noun sg] but she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her feet kept on blundering along through the darkness and a stitch stabbed at her side but she blinded herself to exhaustion and ran . |
| 2 | ‘ She 'd give you a hand with anything that needed doing , from packing , invoicing , cutting and laying to choosing and mixing colours ; she was n't keen on the administration side but she did that too , ’ Meirion recalled . |
| 3 | She said alright it 's twenty five quid , it 's an expense but she said but it 's something that she 'll keep . |
| 4 | He fumbled for a kiss as she unlocked the car but she twisted her cheek away . |
| 5 | But really , what , all they wanted to do was save face from the hospital because it was n't our fault but she used a bit of you know , we wo n't embarrass the hospital we 'll say |
| 6 | Kezia refused a sandwich but she smiled at Annabel , and — I could hardly believe it — Annabel curtsied . |
| 7 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 8 | I may be her lover but she does n't love me . |
| 9 | In a clipped French sentence that sounded as if it had been well rehearsed , she told Agathe that she may have lost the produce of her labour but she had not lost the fruit of her labours . |
| 10 | She had told her confidante but she had been no help , and how could she approach the Lady Amelia ? |
| 11 | It 's a raw talent but she knows how to use it and she 's unafraid . |
| 12 | We went the shop and she Anthony a pound , she give Sam a pound I mean , she was a good girl and she 'd afterwards cos she 'd opened her mouth but she said , I should n't have had any should I ? |
| 13 | By choosing to go northwards , she was walking directly into the driving wind but she pressed on , bent low over the walking stick to try to protect her face . |
| 14 | Tessa , a keen machine knitter , was a little nervous as she had just moved from the South and was conscious of the supposed North/South divide but she found the warmest welcome . |
| 15 | Her mother was a good-natured partner in the conspiracy but she spoke no English and I had difficulty communicating with her . |
| 16 | I think about phoning her mobile but she hates me doing that so I do n't . |
| 17 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 18 | The woman had no hope of escape but she did not seek one , revelling in the moment of attention from a Government Man . |
| 19 | There was a school in the village but she did n't go to it because when she was eight her mother said she had to start earning her keep like everyone else . |
| 20 | It 's hard work but she copes |
| 21 | ‘ She was never one for make-up but she did look fantastic . |
| 22 | School had been tiring at first on transfer but she had soon got used to it : originally she had belonged to a number of clubs in the early day ( Thursday ) when all such activities take place , but now preferred to go home early . |
| 23 | make sure I see her this week , so she said oh she said Penny is a good girl she said er there was Penny and Margaret working at G P P and she said they were both doing test but she said come the end of day they only wanted one she said and for that , so she said Penny stood back and let Margaret stay to keep her job |
| 24 | It was n't real muslin but she made it out of this material . |
| 25 | I mentioned to her about renting , she said that she had n't , you know , took that idea out the window but she said the only thing is your at the beck and call of the landlord . |
| 26 | I think she was going to try and throw it out of the window but she did n't have the strength . |
| 27 | Julie 's hand was shaking as she pushed the key into the ignition but she sucked in a deep breath and started the car , checking her rear-view mirror both for approaching traffic and , more particularly , for that Granada . |
| 28 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ She knows he 's no angel but she blames a lot of his problems on his older friends , many of whom are into crime of some sort . |
| 30 | Her father wanted her to go to Cambridge University and get a good degree but she wanted to become a photographer . |