Example sentences of "but she [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't mean to , but she finally came to terms with the lateness of the hour with a yawn ; it was already happening before she could stop it . |
| 2 | But she firmly stamped on that thought . |
| 3 | ‘ Ca n't or wo n't ? ’ he queried grimly , but she just shrugged in defeat . |
| 4 | But she just stared at him . |
| 5 | That 's part of the trouble , part of why he is so lonely , but she just looked at the carpet in silence , at the dark place where Luke had once spilled black coffee . |
| 6 | But she just spat in his face and went out , slamming the door so hard that a picture of herself fell off the wall . |
| 7 | Once , well after her marriage to his father was over , he had even asked her , but she just laughed at him . |
| 8 | I really had thought she would go berserk , but she just trembled from head to toe , and was only calmed slightly by the sound of my voice . |
| 9 | Beatrix helped us , but she also lied to us . |
| 10 | She understood his grief and his sense of loss and loneliness — she had been there herself , after the King 's death — and she knew about the feelings of despair and the long , long time the scars would take to heal , but she also knew about the importance of carrying on . |
| 11 | But she also concurred in the view that I was like my father . |
| 12 | It is true that by this choice she sacrificed a community life , which has for many women proved nourishing , but she also gained in personal freedom . |
| 13 | Many of her remarks today were about her constituents in Gateshead , but she also referred to the national picture . |
| 14 | Yeah got a letter back from her and she seemed quite pleased to have the letter but she also started by I 've been surprised by the amount of interest shown s si since I went on . |
| 15 | The words had come out with a distinct tang of broad Lancashire , but she immediately withdrew into her pseudo-Southern gentility . |
| 16 | But she , but she even said to me while you was in there she said Carla 's got the advantage of the fact that she 's so good at . |
| 17 | She had n't planned it deliberately , but she even looked as if she were heading into battle , clad in a flying suit , flat boots and a bomber jacket , her long hair captured in a plait . |
| 18 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 19 | But she merely looked at me , coldly , and fast-forwarded . |
| 20 | This time , of course , she was not only armed with the foreknowledge of what would be said but she still had in her mind the conversation we had just had about making mistakes . |
| 21 | She only remembers her mother when she was already grey-haired , but she still thought of her as beautiful , stately . |
| 22 | Since then she had married someone else and been widowed , but she still lived in the district with their daughter , Anna . |
| 23 | He had died before they could marry , but she still dreamed of their long walks on the Moor and the kisses which they had exchanged when they had managed to escape from her chaperone . |
| 24 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 25 | But she still remained on the outside . |
| 26 | But she still laboured under the apprehension that she had to prove herself better than a famous opponent who has been more successful than any other English singles player of the decade . |
| 27 | But she only came on the scene recently ; there were others . |
| 28 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 29 | But she never remonstrated with er Len his name was , she never i , remonstrated with him . |
| 30 | I always told your aunt it was too big for you and that you would never be able to manage it , but she never listened to me . " |