Example sentences of "but she [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She is a dragon , ’ said Dinah , ‘ but she keeps me from annoyance , and Papa had the room designed so that no one could get straight in . ’ |
| 3 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 4 | ‘ I was trying to save some of the Guinness for you , but she hit me with my own stick . |
| 5 | Barbs is n't so old or so smelly , but she reminds me of him . ’ |
| 6 | But she stopped me with a look . |