Example sentences of "[adj] but she [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 2 | I thought no way have I got in , it was too quick but she said I could start the following Monday . |
| 3 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 4 | The word sounded melodramatic but she said it . |
| 5 | Her parts often require her to be prim and snooty but she says she is nothing like that in reality . |
| 6 | She was surprised but she caught it . |
| 7 | I 'll say it is I 'll say it is but she says she has a trapped nerve in the top of her leg , she says sometimes it 's not so bad but she said it 's not bad , you know when I get up she says I 'm in a lot of pain and it , you have to take painkillers for it |
| 8 | My mother was gruff but she loved us . |
| 9 | Kim was caring and sensitive but she admitted she did n't know her daughter could drink so much . |
| 10 | I used to be wild but she reformed me . |