Example sentences of "but [pron] had [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been coldly beautiful until the day she died , but nothing had brought her happiness . |
| 2 | He had said as much to Winifred Shalcross , but she had shaken her head . |
| 3 | She swam for 40 km ( 25 miles ) in the shark-infested Indian Ocean , but she had cut her foot and she saw half a dozen sharks trailing her . |
| 4 | But she had hidden her face in her hands . |
| 5 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 6 | Harry glanced swiftly at Madeleine , but she had turned her back on him so he was unable to see her reactions to father 's comments . |
| 7 | But she had turned her agony into a blessing . |
| 8 | But she had turned her face to the wall . |
| 9 | But she had turned her face to the camera and it had caught a look that she could find nowhere else and indeed that seemed to belong to another girl ; she barely recognised herself . |
| 10 | But she had to shake her head to clear it of the dizzy sensation . |
| 11 | There was a plain white card inside as well , saying , ‘ Only the artist realizes that some of us exert a Homeric effort simply to behave ordinarily , ’ but she had translated her declaration to him into Latin in a self-defeating impulse to disown it , and he never troubled to puzzle it out . |
| 12 | But she had won her bride-groom . |
| 13 | The one hurdle still to be jumped was the gatekeeper ; but she had chosen her night carefully . |
| 14 | But she had chosen her path , and there was no turning back now . |
| 15 | Eleanor 's eyes still betrayed anxiety but she had regained her self-control . |
| 16 | And I must admit that Mary Shelley began the rumour ; but she had to make her impression on an untutored audience . |
| 17 | She knew that she would inevitably be just exchanging one set of problems for another when she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law and the grandchildren , but she had taken her time and come to the decision in her own way , and finally managed to make a very good adjustment to an entirely different life in a busy household . |
| 18 | A member of staff requested a thesis written by a Spanish researcher , who was funded by a Spanish university , but who had undertaken her research on plant specimens in the Herbarium of an institution in Germany , and elsewhere . |
| 19 | But he had despised her husband from the beginning . |
| 20 | He had not told her all he knew , she was sure of that , but he had confirmed her deduction about the provenance of the Durance paintings although he had stressed she could prove nothing . |
| 21 | Christina had offered to drive Stephen to the airport , but he had refused her offer in favour of James Morris 's , saying they had a lot to talk about . |
| 22 | But he had interpreted her remark to mean exactly the opposite . |
| 23 | André was far too exuberant to be shattered by something like that , but it had given her ego a kick . |
| 24 | It was as if she had been playing a part with all her might for several months , but it had sapped her energy . |
| 25 | But it had suited her mood , too . |