Example sentences of "[noun] but she have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Miriam had noticed the slight intake of breath ; she had been perfectly aware that Louise might be shocked by her words but she had spoken them anyway , partly because she felt too weary not to say what she meant , partly because , though she liked Louise , she sometimes found her sweetness and prudish innocence rather cloying and it gratified her to offend them . |
| 2 | It has n't pleased May but she 's accepted it . |
| 3 | She not only had the figure of a mannequin but she had learned from the girls at the salon how to walk , how to hold her head up , how to appear perfectly poised . |
| 4 | Elisa had been expected to return too and continue her duties but she had decided to stay in Naples . |
| 5 | He turned back to the little beggar girl but she had disappeared . |
| 6 | Eleanor 's eyes still betrayed anxiety but she had regained her self-control . |
| 7 | She had n't seen Jenny since she had moved to Moorlake that first week-end but she had known that it would not be long before Jenny returned . |
| 8 | She 'd lived in Leningrad for ten years but she 'd had no work for the last two of them . |
| 9 | the lady 's had it about ten years but she 's got a little dog as well . |
| 10 | He had not liked his ride from Newmarket in the horse-box but she had watched Bunny whisper and wheedle him into tranquillity . |
| 11 | No , she 's got sort of a medium brick but she 's got a brown mortar . |
| 12 | She 's got long fair hair but she 's got a veil over it . |
| 13 | She had looked in Marie 's direction but she had made no sign of recognition . |
| 14 | There he found the greatest novelty of all : a twenty-eight-day dial that showed the phases of the moon — at least , it had been the moon when Nora bought the watch but she had got a miniaturist to overpaint it with an enamel portrait of herself . |
| 15 | Annina Nosei is not a galerist known for specialising in photography but she has arranged , this summer , a largish show of those whose work especially interests her . |
| 16 | Kathleen and Jimmy both visited London a number of times to find their sister but she had vanished . |
| 17 | A lot of the information was above her head but she had persevered until she learnt how to keep a good set of accounts . |
| 18 | Nellie had no idea where her friend Aggie could obtain a neutered tomcat but she had made enquiries . |
| 19 | She had never met Jack Butler but she had seen him racing , and on television of course . |
| 20 | It was hard to stand her ground but she had done so , not wishing to be reclaimed by old emotions . |
| 21 | Erm , she 's lived most of her life in the Cambridge and Northampton area but she 's spent six months down in Plymouth , and erm , her previous job before working for T N T was she actually helped set up a baby unit in a private nursery , but claimed she only prefers other people 's children . |
| 22 | There had been fears for her life but she had recovered . |
| 23 | ‘ I was in such shock that I wanted to phone round Julie 's friends but she had taken her contacts book with her and I was in a panic . |
| 24 | James Hunt , QC , for the defence , put it to nurse Geeson that Allitt had told her after Liam suffered his first attack but she had forgotten . |
| 25 | Ruth stared down at her , barely able to focus , and then her eyes darted frantically towards Rosa but she had gone into the other room . |
| 26 | Okay now she 's off really quickly on a reach but she 's oversheeted , she 's got too much power there , she 's sheeting the sail in instead of easing it out until it flaps and then just pulling it in a little . |
| 27 | We went out to meet him at the airport and Signe hugged him and told him how much she 'd missed him and how she had cooked all his favourite foods for one vast homecoming meal but she had had an urgent phone call about sickness in the family and the dinner had all burned up so now we must eat in a restaurant . |
| 28 | He had taken no precautions during their love-making but she had assured him that she had that under control . |
| 29 | Midge was lit up with excitement but she had remembered to bring birth certificates , marriage lines , wedding photos and a whole dossier of medical records . |
| 30 | Mrs Lydan 's husband Bill died last year but she 'd kept dozens of stones , and pieces of jewellery which he 's given her over the years . |