Example sentences of "but [pron] [noun] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her heart failed her again when she looked towards the tower , and at the high princess sitting by her window , all dressed in fur and silver . |
| 2 | Mrs Fletcher was extremely chic , but her accent gave her a reality . |
| 3 | Kee wanted to love him but her guilt prevented her . |
| 4 | ‘ She wanted to ring the school the next day but her sister told her you could get into trouble if your child was not attending school . |
| 5 | But her sister begged her so hard not to leave her and to go on sleeping with her that she gave way . |
| 6 | Jezrael-Ayesha opened her mouth to say something but her brain gave her nothing to say . |
| 7 | She tried her legs next , and they moved a bit within the straps , but her boots prevented her from pulling her legs through the loops . |
| 8 | I tried to force her back to bed , but her fever made her surprisingly strong . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's not true ! ’ she said , but her voice betrayed her . |
| 10 | Her spasticity was severe , but her rehabilitation helped her to control it . |
| 11 | But her mind presented her with two stiff figures lying side by side , not even holding hands , perhaps not even saying a polite goodnight . |
| 12 | But her instincts told her no . |
| 13 | But her rescuer failed her . |
| 14 | But her husband interrupted her . |
| 15 | She said she wanted to warn the Shah , but her husband forbade her to do any such thing . |
| 16 | She ‘ takes comfort in the idea that there is no cure for anything ever ’ , but her self-doubt makes her feel responsible for her friends . |
| 17 | Miss Snoot moves as if to draw the curtains , but her father forbids her with a shake of his head . |
| 18 | She had heard tales of the sunshine , the flowers and bright colours of the upper world , but her father warned her of the perils that haunted the surface , in particular the giants that in those days walked the wilds of Dartmoor . |
| 19 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 20 | She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her . |
| 21 | Melody did not reply to Seb 's question , but her face gave her away . |
| 22 | But her host saved her the trouble . |
| 23 | But his laugh arrested her . |
| 24 | She bent to pick it up , but his voice arrested her . |
| 25 | But his expression left her feeling uncertain all of a sudden . |
| 26 | Not while Julius 's hands moved over her with quickening need , his skin burned steadily against hers , and his voice murmured in her ear , the words unintelligible but his tone telling her something she had never expected to hear again . |
| 27 | She did n't catch what he said — his words too soft and indistinct — but his half-grin told her it had smutty connotations . |
| 28 | She knew it was ridiculous , but his words gave her a strange little tingle deep inside , and she was forced to smother the smile that kept trying to push its way to her lips . |
| 29 | ‘ There must have been other women , ’ Jenna began mournfully , but his lips silenced her at once and he kissed her possessively until she began to tremble all over again . |
| 30 | But his insight irked her . |