Example sentences of "but [subord] she [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remembered that Firelight had to feed it with milk , but where she kept it he had no idea . |
| 2 | I am preparing papers for the relinquishment of the claim , but once she signs them she will be literally on the streets and penniless . |
| 3 | It 's hard work but once she smiles you know it 's all worth while . |
| 4 | But although she said it she could not be certain that it was true . |
| 5 | But if she disappeared I 'd be worried all time . |
| 6 | But if she opens it gon na take her to the cleaners ! |
| 7 | But if she told them Nina had given her the go-ahead , and Nina discovered the lie , she would be out . |
| 8 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 9 | But if she thinks she 's meeting you , that 's different . |
| 10 | This does not mean that the applicant can not let the house , but if she sells it , or simply uses it as a second home , she may have to pay back the whole or part of the grant with interest . |
| 11 | ‘ But if she packed it it should have been with the rest of her things . |
| 12 | She wanted to tell him that she had n't meant a word she had said , but if she did he would think she was hoping he was the rich man she had talked about . |
| 13 | But if she did I think she will pass out on her record because perhaps , even more delightful than someone who , you know , sitting down to an exam and , and doing reasonably well on it . |
| 14 | She said she knew nothing of a sectarian feud in the old days of Stormy Hill but if she did it was not the kind of thing you discussed with strangers , I sensed . |
| 15 | But if she invests it she 's , she 's , she 's going to get an income is n't she ? |
| 16 | scaring herself ; not because she played her part badly , but because she played it so well . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed . |
| 18 | Not from irritation , but because she knew it was a lie , and felt sorrowful because of Alice . |
| 19 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 20 | It was a finely worked piece of silver and obviously of great value ; but while she admired it and felt honoured to receive it , Sara could not honestly say that she enjoyed having its chain about her neck . |
| 21 | He and Stephanie both always won Kim 's game , the objects on a tray , but whereas she remembered them for their quiddity , naming and denoting them in language in her mind , he did it with a geometrical map and total spatial recall . |
| 22 | But before she died she had fits of delirium . |
| 23 | This was the business end of her trip but before she started she wandered along a crowded beach , taking photographs of the sands , waterskiers and windsurfers , the tree-lined promenade and the backdrop of mountains beyond . |
| 24 | Before Hilda he 'd never been the kind who liked to have certainty , but after she came he settled for her way . |
| 25 | But though she knew she ought to deter that straying hand , struggle free of him , insist that he let her leave his bed , her own treacherous flesh kept her prisoner . |
| 26 | But when she said we were going by Concorde , that , to an engineering student , was it . ’ |
| 27 | She showed the dresses to Philip , who laughed at them , but when she said she would get something for them , quite a lot , shrugged , unwillingly respectful . |
| 28 | Cos underneath it , I mean it did n't look nice but when she lifted it up it 's how mine was , like it is now , flat underneath . |
| 29 | It 's not often she loses her temper , but when she does you can look out ! ’ |
| 30 | She trotted along to the kitchen , but when she reached it , she stopped and listened carefully before opening the door . |