Example sentences of "but she [vb mod] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her family had tried to stop the marriage , but she would have followed him anywhere in the world . |
| 2 | But she would have preferred him to admire her from the beginning , without the encouragement of her valentine . |
| 3 | She did not have the stamina of years ago , but she would have to make it . |
| 4 | Not only did she find Charles 's brand of ignorance excessively boring , but she would like to warn him … that from now on , he would be hearing the Hörst Wessel Song every morning … that both blocks of flats would too … every morning … 7 a.m . |
| 5 | But she may have accepted it by now , put it to the back of her mind . ’ |
| 6 | According to her she was convinced that Francis would inherit and dispose of the business , but she might have thought she could do a deal with Beryl . |
| 7 | ‘ Some people are good at borrowing but she 'll have to watch them to pay back . ’ |
| 8 | When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting . |
| 9 | She loved to play like that , but she 'd have told me in the end , exploding with laughter at my angry duped expression . |
| 10 | Lovely bedrooms they were but she 'd keep saying she wanted to go out like , you know . |
| 11 | But she 'd like to see him , to try and set her mind at rest . |
| 12 | Just time for a cup of coffee , she thinks , but she will have to make it herself as the office is short staffed , with the Corporal Clerk away representing the Corps at the celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of the Queen Mother being appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports . |
| 13 | but she must 've told him |
| 14 | A savage anger rose , but she must have kept it hidden , because Giles did n't appear to notice anything wrong . |
| 15 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |
| 16 | I got changed in double quick time but she must have beaten me . |
| 17 | But she must have done it after they left ; she 'd have to , if she wanted to let the place . |
| 18 | The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies . |
| 19 | But she could 've brought it . |