Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] but she [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled at the stewardess with real friendliness but she need n't have bothered because the answering smile was strictly professional . |
| 2 | Sister Dew was a tedious little woman but she must be listened to because of all his parishioners she was the one most likely to take offence . |
| 3 | Not so much now because of ill health but she used to . |
| 4 | Theresa 's had to get a gas mask for little James but she ca n't imagine how she 'd ever put it on the poor child . |
| 5 | I got changed in double quick time but she must have beaten me . |
| 6 | Melissa bit back a scathing comment but she could hear the icy edge in her voice as she said , ‘ So you helped him to clean up . |
| 7 | Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass . |
| 8 | I was hoping that P & I 's would be having a sale and that I could get a new concordance but she would n't even let me look . |
| 9 | She would n't he had some lovely irises but she would n't buy them cos she said they would n't last . |
| 10 | My mother was a very quiet lady but she used to enjoy being at my parties and what she used to enjoy most of all , oddly enough , was doing the washing up . |
| 11 | She was able to will her longing into an unexamined haze but she could not stay away from the post office on Monday . |