Example sentences of "but she [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 40 days she is encouraged to put aside her black clothes , but she received positive family support . |
| 2 | In her room , Jenna undressed and went to bed , but she lay awake , waiting for grief to hit her . |
| 3 | Boston might have succeeded in snubbing Mrs Gardner , but she made sure that they would never forget her . |
| 4 | " She gave up on me a long time ago , but she made sure that my two sons , Charles and Joseph , speak the language of her forebears , and that will stand us in good stead in your colony . " |
| 5 | It was difficult while they were actually in the centre , of course , but she made sure she did n't go for coffee or to the staff canteen at the same time as him and she 'd avoided the social club completely . |
| 6 | But she made certain that her great concern for environmental issues were built into her business philosophy . |
| 7 | But she made certain that my sister who was six years younger , she made certain that she went to the county school . |
| 8 | After what he 'd said she did n't dare turn the key in the lock , but she made short work of undressing . |
| 9 | But she made light work of polishing off the shopping at a supermarket near her West London home . |
| 10 | Leith could feel her anger straining at the leash at his sarcastic comment , but she made enormous efforts to stay cool . |
| 11 | But she got used to me and started to do it herself and in the end we were both very comfortable and relaxed . ’ |
| 12 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
| 13 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 14 | But she struggled free and the attacker fled . |
| 15 | He put his arms around her , to hold her , but she struggled free . |
| 16 | Christina wanted to remind him that he had only helped with the backing and that the real work had been done by Stephen and her , but she kept quiet and instead watched Jean Reece-Carlton as she turned away from a gloating Robert in disgust , muttering something under her breath . |
| 17 | Constance longed to tell him to mind his own business , but she kept silent and forced herself to smile . |
| 18 | Somehow she would cope with the evening meal herself , but she kept silent about it . |
| 19 | But she had other worries . |
| 20 | The Press Liaison Officer took a heavy file from a shelf and almost dropped it into her hands ; but she had strong wrists and managed a gracious smile of acceptance and thanks . |
| 21 | ‘ Not , ’ he went on hastily , ‘ that I liken my wife to Mr Landor nor to a wild animal , but she had similar need of kindness and nursing expertise . ’ |
| 22 | But she had nice hair — not so long as Marie 's , but just as shiny . |
| 23 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 24 | She drifted pleasantly away , finding herself at the theatre with Kate Maybury , but she had black hair and carried a colander , and in the colander lay a tiny baby , but Mrs Maybury would n't let her see it , just told her to watch the show . |
| 25 | But she had long red hair and she was just a work friend . |
| 26 | The thought did not daunt her , but she had great need of a moment of silence , to take breath and consider how much she dared tell . |
| 27 | She had a heavily lined face , a prominent , almost hawk-like nose , but she had kindly eyes and every so often she would display a vein of sharp humour that suggested her family had to keep their shoes clean when they approached her little parlour . |
| 28 | She was not beautiful , but she had big , kind brown eyes and a sweet smile . |
| 29 | She had limited capacity for invention , and her fairy stories are low on enchantment , but she had unusual talent for entering into a child 's feelings . |
| 30 | But she had fierce , proud eyes , that reminded me of aunt Reed 's , and a hard , powerful voice . |