Example sentences of "but she [verb] them [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hand shot out now and made an effort to grab the bedclothes from her , but she clutched them tightly against her throat . |
| 2 | Tears of joy made her mouth shake , but she forced them back , refusing to risk such annihilation if she was wrong , if he did n't love her . |
| 3 | She did n't know where half the things went , but she tidied them up and put them in piles on the stairs so people could taken them up to their rooms when they went , and the kitchen looked nice and tidy . |
| 4 | The tears threatened , but she fought them back . |
| 5 | Tears again filled Joan 's eyes but she brushed them away . |
| 6 | Her eyes glazed with tears , but she blinked them away . |
| 7 | Tears clouded her eyes as she remembered those dark days , but she blinked them away . |
| 8 | A flurry of harsh retorts sprang into her mind , but she bit them back . |
| 9 | She laughed at herself , and at the extravagance of these thoughts , but she felt them nonetheless , and was , for the first time since the beginning of it all , truly lighthearted . |
| 10 | Once more , the strong features threatened to disintegrate but she held them bravely in place . |
| 11 | It had taken Christina a long time to grow accustomed to the nocturnal sounds of the tropics , but she loved them now , and finally fell into a deep sleep , lulled by the incessant chirping of crickets , wind rustling the huge traveller 's palm outside the bedroom window , and the Caribbean sea breaking gently on the shore . |
| 12 | She might n't understand them , but she repeated them back faithfully . |
| 13 | Cuts and weals appeared where her surrogate hurt itself in its destructive frenzy , but she smoothed them away with a flick of her mind . |
| 14 | Sarah had been able to attend the caelidhes again , warned by her mother that she must not do more than two dances , but she found them greatly changed . |
| 15 | She was not accustomed to wanting people , but she wanted them now . |