Example sentences of "but she [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was going to be a lecture but she hoped a more interesting one than most of those delivered by neat men with grey hair at the Police College . |
| 2 | A police spokesman said yesterday the investigation , carried out under the supervision of the Police Complaints Authority , was ongoing but she hoped an inquest would open very soon . |
| 3 | But she declined an offer to go on the treadmill herself , telling patients : ‘ No thank you . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The card was due to expire in March 1993 , but she received a letter from the Golden Key company saying the card was no longer valid . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Little Maureen was agitated , but she made a nice speech . |
| 9 | Jenna could see that it was , but she made a note to sneak in here when she had a minute and try it out . |
| 10 | She turned to Ana with a smile , making herself sound calm , but she made a mistake . |
| 11 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 12 | She suddenly realised how tired she was , but she made an effort and told him that she was travelling to Rome to join her aunt and uncle . |
| 13 | Karen said : ‘ I know Rebecca had been feeling homesick , but she got a new job which was keeping her busy . |
| 14 | The room that he 'd given her was smaller than his own , but she got a bigger wardrobe . |
| 15 | she used to be , but she got a bill for erm five hundred pounds , so they had to have it cut off |
| 16 | Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again . |
| 17 | Anne is abroad at the moment , doing some research , but she left a message with someone that I 'm to give her a ring when she gets back . |
| 18 | There was n't a locket — but she left a letter . ’ |
| 19 | A relative was bidding on her behalf , but she feared a competitor would take the pub from her . |
| 20 | Her arm flew out , wrenching her shoulder , but she kept a grip on the gun . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It seemed to Sam that she looked the tall girl over very intently during those few moments , but then most people looked twice at Evelyn , not because she was especially beautiful but she had a kind of composure unusual in a street girl . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Though no one could say Miss Phoebe was sour — ninepence to the shilling maybe , but she had a heart under her flat chest . |
| 28 | ‘ But she had a certain something which men did find appealing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She was forgetting everything else — the sub-language she spoke , things she knew , chunks of her past , people she had killed — but she had a clear memory of the way the world really looked . |