Example sentences of "but [adv] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm but luckily she 's rubbed it out with thingy so |
| 2 | But instinctively she knew she had what she wanted — the frames that would lend just the breadth and depth she needed to complete her picture story of the couture shows , and she let her camera fall back on its strap around her neck , rubbing her aching eyes and running her fingers up under the thick fringe of dark blonde hair that barely skimmed them . |
| 3 | She could vaguely remember her mother bathing her , but mostly she recalled her grandmother 's strong arms . |
| 4 | She went steadily on , from foothold to foothold , only stopping to peel off her glove now and then and push a finger into the wet fringed mouth of a sea-anemone , but mostly she concentrated on the next step , the next handhold , with the sea on one side of her , the swell of grassy land the other . |
| 5 | For a while , Jem manages to restrict Scout who does n't realise how serious everything is and wants to run to Atticus , but eventually she breaks free and runs as fast as she can to him . |
| 6 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 7 | But eventually she got the hang of it . |
| 8 | For a while she managed to swim , but eventually she grew tired and her mouth filled with water , and she sank choking beneath the waves … |
| 9 | But eventually she persuaded us she meant it and we went and it was an invaluable experience meeting not only our missionary partner but the people among whom she lives and and works and has done for many years . |
| 10 | Sally had agonised over what to wear — she was so afraid of letting Paula down — but eventually she had settled on a neat shirt-waister blouse and pencil skirt and Paula had loaned her a poplin duster coat in duck-egg blue with a thick soft grey Lucca Lamb collar . |
| 11 | She resisted this for several months , not wishing to loosen her control of urban policy , but eventually she capitulated giving the responsibility to Mr Kenneth Clarke , Minister for Trade and Industry . |
| 12 | She had always been quite dependent on Keith , which was why he got away with such a lot , but eventually she has grown more confident , and believes that she can now make it on her own . |
| 13 | The mother will continue to drag the young ferrets back into the nest but eventually she gives up as their demand for fresh meat increases . |
| 14 | But eventually she did . |
| 15 | But perhaps she 'd never really been there at all . |
| 16 | Or meant to have replied , but perhaps she had not , perhaps the knowledge of later years had imposed itself on that first memory . |
| 17 | Hari rubbed her hand over her eyes , it had been a strange day , an eventful one in which she had quite clearly made an enemy but perhaps she had also made a friend of Edward Morris . |
| 18 | But perhaps she had seen others at the tree tops , for she clattered her talons violently on the top of her cage , crashed down on to its concrete floor , her wings smashing against the branch that projected across her cage , and then lunged forward at the door of her cage , driven by an impulse that spoke of a terrible longing to be free . |
| 19 | His absence had n't prevented her thinking about him , but perhaps she had allowed herself to believe that it would continue indefinitely , hence her shock at seeing him now and the panicky sensation of a shadow falling over her once more , its darkness an almost tangible threat . |
| 20 | Ruth was n't conscious of moving , but perhaps she shivered — or perhaps the light touched her , reminding Fincara she was there . |
| 21 | ‘ But perhaps she needs us , ’ Matthew replied , surprisingly quickly for him . |
| 22 | But perhaps she did n't have to miss it after all . |
| 23 | ‘ But perhaps she has yet to realise what she 's letting herself in for , using her name to get you installed here , allowing you to share their transport … |
| 24 | At first she sympathised a bit , but basically she thinks it 's because I dare to walk around and look people in the eye — I 'm too challenging or flirty or something . |
| 25 | I really must watch what I say — he has a mind like a knife ; but aloud she said , doing her best to look distressed , ‘ Oh , he had a run of bad luck — ’ an explanation that hardly seemed to convince her hearer . |
| 26 | The American lad , Lee Horan , was under the impression that she was Dominic 's girlfriend , but apparently she denied it to him , as she did to me . |
| 27 | because he had abused her all those years , erm , but apparently she 's also got a , not the right sort of word , a pathological hate for men in general |
| 28 | ‘ We thought she was going to visit her former boyfriend , but obviously she did not . |
| 29 | But obviously she has n't got them because erm she would have said when she was here last week . |
| 30 | We 're like strangers , she thought , remote , cool , two people who greet each other with surface politeness ; but inside she felt numb , as though nothing could touch her any more . |