Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I heard her friend Ben ask : ‘ Where 's Julie ? |
| 2 | But I saw her husband crossing the car park . ’ |
| 3 | This was fairly standard stuff , but I deplored her tone . |
| 4 | I admit that I 'm as much to blame , I should have come to visit her , but I understood her mother was never off the doorstep , so I left her to it . |
| 5 | But I thought her father 's name was Edward . |
| 6 | Her hood was well forward but I glimpsed her hair , a reddish chestnut colour , like some beautiful leaf in autumn . |
| 7 | I meant to be fond of her but I found her tiring . |
| 8 | ‘ But you saw her face ? ’ |
| 9 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |
| 10 | This , of course , was not her only reward in life , but she made her hour a ritual that everyone observed and she derived a lot of pleasure from it . |
| 11 | But she brought her daughter , and four-year-old grandson , anyway . |
| 12 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 13 | ‘ But she left her chamber without her saddle bags ? ’ he asked , not revealing that the Lady Prioress had already refuted any allegation that Lady Eleanor had fallen downstairs . |
| 14 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 15 | Sabine flinched , but she kept her tone low , controlled . |
| 16 | This time , his look of puzzlement was far too exaggerated to be genuine , but she kept her voice even as she said , ‘ What … did … you … mean ? ’ |
| 17 | She had to know , but she kept her voice deliberately casual . |
| 18 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 19 | He fumbled for a kiss as she unlocked the car but she twisted her cheek away . |
| 20 | But she had her prince — triumphing first over his diffidence , her non-Jewishness ( she had taken on his religion ) , the problems of his family who did not know what to make of her . |
| 21 | Cobalt said : ‘ She did n't give me a name , but she said her friend was killed by ‘ the Americans ’ . |
| 22 | The comment was flippant , but she pressed her face against Roman 's shoulder , shivering , desperately seeking the comforting power of muscle and sinew as he held her in his arms . |
| 23 | Her lip quivered again , but she pressed her cheek to fitzAlan 's tunic and held on to her control . |
| 24 | Nothing explicit had been said but she knew her relationship with Urquhart had crossed a new frontier : he had become an enemy . |
| 25 | But she knew her hesitation had given him a lead . |
| 26 | But she knew her public . |
| 27 | But she knew her rescuer , all right . |
| 28 | But she coupled her playwriting and stories with a serious interest in anthropology , and made numerous field trips to the Caribbean . |
| 29 | But she stressed her belief that Britain is winning allies for opposing what was only ‘ a blueprint ’ . |
| 30 | But she recovered her balance and carried on . |