Example sentences of "but she [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Because she has this afternoon job , she must get through her own work in the mornings ; but she gets her work done in the mornings in order to create time for a job . |
4 | But she gets her legacy , erm , in order to be able to show that she does n't need it . |
5 | But she fears her company is an exception . |
6 | But she brought her daughter , and four-year-old grandson , anyway . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Sabine flinched , but she kept her tone low , controlled . |
11 | 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 ? ’ |
12 | She had to know , but she kept her voice deliberately casual . |
13 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
14 | He fumbled for a kiss as she unlocked the car but she twisted her cheek away . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Cobalt said : ‘ She did n't give me a name , but she said her friend was killed by ‘ the Americans ’ . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Her lip quivered again , but she pressed her cheek to fitzAlan 's tunic and held on to her control . |
19 | Nothing explicit had been said but she knew her relationship with Urquhart had crossed a new frontier : he had become an enemy . |
20 | But she knew her hesitation had given him a lead . |
21 | But she knew her public . |
22 | But she knew her rescuer , all right . |
23 | But she coupled her playwriting and stories with a serious interest in anthropology , and made numerous field trips to the Caribbean . |
24 | But she stressed her belief that Britain is winning allies for opposing what was only ‘ a blueprint ’ . |
25 | But she recovered her balance and carried on . |
26 | The big bag they had brought for the goose caught between her legs and almost threw her down but she recovered her balance , her feet slipping and sliding . |
27 | Bubbles Rothermere stars as the wife of an important proprietor ( ‘ you wo n't believe this , but she took her maid to a ball recently ’ ) . |
28 | He pulled her close , folding her in his arms , but she buried her head against his shoulder even though her arms wrapped around his waist . |
29 | But she dipped her thumb and forefinger into the bag and took out a pinch of snuff . |
30 | She only had the part of my address which was printed in the magazine but she sent her letter off and the post office did the rest . |