Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] but she " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're so sorry about what happened to poor old Goosie Lucy but she gave us no choice . |
| 2 | I doubt that she is much like the real Gertrude Lawrence but she is decidedly a class act . |
| 3 | Lilian Hatton 's got more coats than a perishing film star but she has to go and spend thirty quid on a new outfit for Pertwee 's wedding . |
| 4 | Tessa , a keen machine knitter , was a little nervous as she had just moved from the South and was conscious of the supposed North/South divide but she found the warmest welcome . |
| 5 | He turned back to the little beggar girl but she had disappeared . |
| 6 | hated writing stories but she likes reading them . |
| 7 | She heard her stupid phrase clunk but she hurried on , trying to plaster over his wound . |
| 8 | She had set out with the idea of doing good by visiting poor lonely Miss Grimes but she did not seem to have achieved anything much . |
| 9 | She says it is going to be a struggle for her because it is quite a severe leg injury but she 's determined and what we 're looking at now is very good recovery so thpat should continue . |
| 10 | She says the company is risky after the recent fraud sensation but she is banking on there being no more nasties lurking in the woodwork . |
| 11 | But Jane 's angry husband George said last night : ‘ She may give a laid back impression but she is remarkably alert . |
| 12 | She was n't overly interested in showy , materialistic status symbols but she did buy one — her open-topped Mazda car with its distinctive JLG number plate for Julie Louise Godwin . |