Example sentences of "but she [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She now turned her smile on Millie , but she received no answering smile , only a stare from what she thought were those very odd grey eyes .
2 But she received a warm smile from the housekeeper for her efforts , and as the housekeeper said something in Czech to her employer and , presumably with something to do elsewhere , left the kitchen , Vendelin Gajdusek turned his attention to Fabia .
3 she has always been great , but she made a tremendous jump when she started recording decent songs instead of versions of old R'n' B tracks .
4 Little Maureen was agitated , but she made a nice speech .
5 Julia heard the name ‘ Jonathan ’ , but she made a determined effort not to translate the Italian words , knowing how much the two of them must need privacy .
6 Her eyelids flickered , but she made no other sign .
7 Karen said : ‘ I know Rebecca had been feeling homesick , but she got a new job which was keeping her busy .
8 But she feels the personal supervision of staff outside the line manager structure is crucial .
9 Jen might think she 's a bit tarty but she plays a tarty bit in it does n't she ?
10 She may not be brilliant , but she tells a straightforward story .
11 She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted .
12 But she had no legal claim to it … ’
13 But she had no satisfactory answer to that .
14 She had n't been privy to the goings on at the opposite end of the table , but she had a distinct , almost tactile memory of the girl fleeing , the usual calm repose of her features fractured .
15 Compared with Maud she was too tall and thin , and her mouth was too wide , but she had a simple grace which remained in his memory long after her features were blurred by time .
16 The three words were not a great deal for Carrie to pin her hopes to , but she had a warm and happy glow deep inside her as she let herself in at the door of the cottage .
17 She was not a beauty , it had to be said , but she had a good figure , enough sense to make a good wife and mother , was practical and kind-natured .
18 It irritated her to think that she had n't been doing anything reckless like running to catch a bus ; but she had a private theory that an old person did n't break a hip because she fell , but fell because her hip snapped , after gradual erosion .
19 But she had a strange temperament and we Were told by one man who worked for John Sayer and had helped to break her in that she was n't right in the head .
20 But she had a strange feeling inside her , a feeling that something was going to happen .
21 But she had a terrible feeling she knew .
22 Oh lovely lass , Erica really nice , been married before , but she had a terrible life
23 But she had a certain something which men did find appealing .
24 Esther was no beauty , but she had a certain handsomeness about her , a particular wickedness he had not seen in other women .
25 She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood .
26 Not nice but she had a strong character .
27 But she had a sudden change of heart and the pair were yesterday perched together for the first time .
28 Her wet boots made footprints on the dusty floor and she still wore an apron over her black skirt , but she had a fine air about her .
29 From where she stood , Melissa could see them only in profile , but she had a shrewd idea that they were holding hands and that Dora 's apparent indifference to their presence was concealing a mounting irritation .
30 She was n't tall and she was slightly heavy , but she had a pleasing face with soft eyes ; perhaps she 'd never be a beauty , but age would never make her ugly either .
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