Example sentences of "but she [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she died the same merciless death at the remote nature reserve on the Indian Ocean , 220 miles north of Durban — repeatedly stabbed and hacked to pieces . |
| 2 | But she feels the personal supervision of staff outside the line manager structure is crucial . |
| 3 | Controversy may have raged round the royal head of Marina Ogilvy but she had the good sense to choose a dress she could wear after her baby was born |
| 4 | He was a bit too horny to start with , but she had the four children and it was n't a problem now . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course it would n't bother me ! ’ she replied at once , but she had the awful feeling that her denial lacked the ring of truth . |
| 6 | But she had the prettiest face and the sweetest smile you 've ever seen . |
| 7 | Molly Fletcher had been a pretty girl , but she had the faded air of a flower that has been transplanted into the wrong soil . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But she heard the thin , childlike voice with its very sing-song quality , cutting across the stupefying silence after another huge growl . |
| 10 | Guy 's response was calmly matter-of-fact , but she saw the tense concern in his eyes . |
| 11 | But she saw the intellectual side of Ken as well . |
| 12 | Harper had used the excuse of horse-trading to explain his journey to Isabella , but she knew the real truth of his escapade , It was not horses that fetched Harper to Belgium , but Sharpe . |
| 13 | And Ruth , she 'd been primed well what to say she does n't say a lot , but she says the right things . |
| 14 | He glanced towards Rain but she took the lofty view that bribing security men was not her concern . |
| 15 | Julia did n't care a sod about that kid , she 'd let her to scream on , stand in the middle of the garden screaming , indoors screaming and she said to me I have no feelings for her whatsoever but she took the bloody money every week and this is what 's so wrong , nobody knows how she er was as that child , only people like us who would hear |
| 16 | She had only the tiniest portion of porridge , a Baby Bear portion , but she took the longest to eat it , nibbling in tiny crumbs from the edge of the spoon . |
| 17 | But she swung the second door in her hand uncertainly . |
| 18 | But she wished the silly sod would look at somebody or something else for a change . |
| 19 | Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th . |
| 20 | But she loved the other aspects more . |
| 21 | She 's now 18 months old … but she has the mental and physical age of a 6 month old child . |
| 22 | But she mentioned the stash-for-cash deals , and she kept a little record , and she named names . |
| 23 | But she allowed the continued existence of ‘ literary ’ letters . |
| 24 | Dmitry was the only one who was really … ’ — her voice trails off , but she hits the right phrase just before the thought disappears — ‘ … counting on it . ’ |
| 25 | A quarrel with W. W. Head , the manager of the Victoria Press , entailed the dissolution of their partnership on 3 August 1867 , but she retained the editorial office and the imprint . |
| 26 | The chandeliers floating near the ceiling were a touch ornate for her taste , but she liked the huge wooden table stacked up with what looked like real fruit . |
| 27 | But she faced the impending loss of Rosa 's love , it seemed to her then , without the benefit of such a choice . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He shook his head , but she found the delicious-looking cakes too irresistible , and just had to sample the gooiest-looking one of all . |
| 30 | I know , but she picked the wrong one out at first . |