Example sentences of "but she [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roxie stayed silent as if she was determined not to be cozened , but she shifted uneasily in her chair . |
| 2 | Annie must have been tired , but she drove quickly and cleverly , overtaking on the narrow road when she could and leaving Ellwood stranded . |
| 3 | The children looked bewildered , but she added consolingly , ‘ That 's why dogs have to have an injection every year that protects them against that horrible disease as well as many others . ’ |
| 4 | It was difficult to keep the accusation from her voice , but she added calmly , ‘ It made him wonder how long she 'll be staying here . ’ |
| 5 | Old Mrs Brady never took to Moran but she grew very fond of the children . |
| 6 | Ferdinando was still vowing to the Brownings , angry themselves , that he would not send another scudo to England and calling heaven to witness he had been cheated and betrayed , but she lay there impervious . |
| 7 | DJ Kevin Cameron hosts a Saturday afternoon programme of 60 's and 70 's hits which Moira claims she 's too young to remember … but she listens anyway . |
| 8 | But she woke early one morning to see the sun shining into her room , and she ran out to the secret garden at once . |
| 9 | But she thought well it 's been a good experience anyway and she tho felt that she 'd played her pieces well erm |
| 10 | She was angry enough to go into his room and accuse him ; but she thought better of it , for he was shifty and quick and , besides , she did not want to see him . |
| 11 | She could n't remember whether the stories were true or not , but she thought dimly that they had both hoped they were . |
| 12 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 13 | ‘ Dancing attendance ’ was not one of Nora 's expressions but she realised now that he was gone that she had done precisely that . |
| 14 | Today , hospital officials say her condition is improving , but she remains seriously ill . |
| 15 | More recently , it appears , she has accepted that his government has ceased to exist but she remains deeply hostile to the U.S.C. , and in particular Mr. Mahdi , who are equally hostile to her , and contends that there is at present no government of the Republic of Somalia . |
| 16 | Left and below : The armholes are trickier , though , but she gets there in the and . |
| 17 | She does n't scream or cry , but she gets very high . ’ |
| 18 | She was still alive when police discovered her body but she died soon afterwards . |
| 19 | That family is as poor as church mice , and Stair told me that Havvie had already managed to snare one Yankee heiress , but she got away , and now he has caught another — not quite so rich , but rich enough . |
| 20 | She still looked pale , but she got slowly to her feet , watching him carefully . |
| 21 | what kind of things do you want to have audio described , so there are , I mean there 's still quite a bit , but she got quite excited about the idea of involving one of the proper , well not proper , one of the , you know , official professional market research firms , as well in terms of doing this work , maybe , maybe getting money from the Arts Council to actually pay them |
| 22 | But she got too old eventually and so did Dick and Snip , so we had to send them away . |
| 23 | But she got only two steps . |
| 24 | ‘ But she got so thin … |
| 25 | She did n't open the door too widely and she did n't go outside , but she listened assiduously . |
| 26 | He meant , among other things , are you living with anyone ? and she knew it , but she cared too much for the day together to tell him one way or the other . |
| 27 | But she played alone , because the other people would not play . |
| 28 | But she lived higher up and I lived lower down . |
| 29 | But she lived there and she died there . ’ |
| 30 | She thought we had the riff raff at our openings but she attracted just a much riff raff . |