Example sentences of "but [adv] she felt " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A little of her warm Italian tan remained , but inside she felt cold and nervous . |
| 3 | She already knew that she would but inside she felt a great hurt begin to grow . |
| 4 | She tried to act flippant by shrugging her shoulders and holding out her palms but inside she felt far from flippant . |
| 5 | The heat of the windless afternoon lay on her like a blanket , but suddenly she felt deathly cold . |
| 6 | It was ridiculous , for the flimsy garment could give her no protection , but nevertheless she felt very vulnerable without them . |
| 7 | Beth did not fool herself that it would be an easy thing to talk about what she had kept hidden all these years , but somehow she felt it would be a natural thing for her to confide in Cissie . |
| 8 | The words , especially the names — Findias , Falias , Murias — seemed to shimmer in her mind like strong light , and she knew it was important to understand what was being said to her ; but still she felt leaden . |
| 9 | Blushing furiously she turned away but still she felt the eyes of the Frenchman on her naked back . |
| 10 | When she had lost her virginity four nights earlier , Constance had been elated ; but now she felt as she had always understood women did on their bridal night : deeply upset and even slightly resentful at what had happened . |
| 11 | She wondered why John had not been more open with her but now she felt that she understood his situation better and they spent a blissful week together before he left . |
| 12 | But now she felt too good to move . |
| 13 | She went on industriously compressing and releasing , but now she felt the breath of life responding to her touch , following the pressure of her hands in and out , lifting the body under her , until she was only orchestrating the performance , and signalling its progression by the measured touch of her palms and undulation of her body . |
| 14 | But now she felt cocooned in her own private shell of misery , as cut off from the noise and activity around her as if she were frozen in ice . |
| 15 | She 'd never had cause to fear a man , but now she felt oddly threatened . |
| 16 | She was not normally of an argumentative disposition , finding it essential to have the last word , but now she felt it distinctly necessary to score points . |
| 17 | She knew just what she had to do , knew the music perfectly , could sing it in her sleep , but now she felt , for the first time in years , she could bring something of herself , her personality , into her singing . |
| 18 | Maybe it was the fresh air , but now she felt thoroughly wide awake , and the last thing she wanted was to sleep . |
| 19 | Usually she was well awake by now , but today she felt dazed and exhausted , dragged from sleep as if from drowning . |
| 20 | Lucy had n't been a hundred per cent sure with Charlie , but here she felt certain . |
| 21 | But then she felt the sudden tension of the others , and knew that she 'd pushed it too far . |
| 22 | The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her , but then she felt a measure of relief . |
| 23 | She knew that she should be grateful , pleased , surprised , but instead she felt only angry and somehow disappointed . |