Example sentences of "but she always " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked her if she knew who William was but she always said no . |
| 2 | But she always used to say , ‘ Well I 'm a bit doubtful on the question . |
| 3 | But she always won , and between the two of them he was quite helpless . |
| 4 | She seems to spend her life flitting from one country to another , but she always spends Christmas with us , and she 's a heavy smoker . ’ |
| 5 | There must have been something specially feline about that particular note , because Gautier carried out experiments to see if he could fool the cat , but she always responded with her critical paw precisely when the note reached high A. |
| 6 | She flirted outrageously , promising that she would secure an interview for him with the Queen but she always seemed to fail . |
| 7 | But she always made it . |
| 8 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 9 | I did not find out how much she sold the garments for because she left me standing outside , but she always looked pleased when she emerged from these visits . |
| 10 | ‘ One or two of them taunted her about Grianan , but she always responded fiercely , ’ says Nuala . |
| 11 | ‘ But she always bought a ticket through an agency and she always wanted to come anonymously , ’ says Sir Peter . |
| 12 | ‘ She is very funny , but she always looks so vulnerable . ’ |
| 13 | I only ever half-believed her , but she always told it with conviction . |
| 14 | But she always came back to Haworth ; she did n't like to be with famous people very long . |
| 15 | Not that he was a stickler for such things ; he thought courtesy titles rather silly , in fact ; but she always used to call him ‘ Esquire ’ . |
| 16 | But she always went back . |
| 17 | Eurowoman may have a baggy bottom , but she always manages to salvage it with a sensational pair of legs . |
| 18 | She does really young , fun , party clothes — a lot are in black but she always trims them with bright colours . |
| 19 | The divi was very important which is why I , as a Guild 's woman erm through I suppose the memories of mother , was so adamant in against the dividend stamps because to us , that woman who I 'd just been talking about , Councillor Mrs always , I 'm sure no one would mind me saying it , but she always used to tell us that it was her thrift and she saved and they brought their house through this , the Co-op you see . |
| 20 | She came when it suited her , when she could spare the time from her other work , but she always popped in on Monday afternoons to make a start on the ironing . |
| 21 | But she always insisted on taking her turn when hounds moved on to the most unlikely draw of the day . |
| 22 | But she always dropped the thought as frivolous speculation . |
| 23 | If only she had seen him come into the shop — but she always seemed to miss him . |
| 24 | She had other daughters in the town but she always wanted me and if ever she wanted anything to do with her papers and books and financial things , she used to ask my husband to go in , you see the day after we got there she brought us a huge dish like that with mushrooms which er grew f er well there are houses built there now but er at that time they had a big meadow there sort of a copse er in it with a bunch of trees and you see and all these mushrooms grew , you see , and they were , you know , they 're nice you see . |
| 25 | Since that first morning at the gravel pit she had not once admitted her fear but she always looked white and tense and , although she could manage a few strokes now , she swam clumsily and jerkily , keeping her head high . |
| 26 | Alice was supposed to help but she always woke up too late because she had been working for her exam ; Emmie had to shake her for nearly five minutes before she came up , moaning , out of a deep well of sleep . |
| 27 | I do n't mean she wrote reams , but she always put down anything that was of importance to her . ’ |
| 28 | This was when she had held a poisoned finger in a bowl of very hot water but she always got good results . |
| 29 | Fine , she always manages to do it , she complains at first that she 's got too much to do , but she always gets in done in time , as well as her own work . |
| 30 | And there was some mystery about her because the kids ' names unless my mother always called her by her , by her name before she was married , but she always called her , and yet the boys was . |