Example sentences of "but she [verb] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might not be her number one priority but she had been organising people as long as she could remember . |
| 2 | Her family were farmers , but she had been sent by her employer to learn the finer points of cuisine and household management from the master chef and the housekeeper at the Savoy . |
| 3 | He had looked after his younger brothers and sister , he had made sure that she always had enough money , but she had been hearing things of late that had frightened her . |
| 4 | Shelley was n't usually violent , but she had been tested beyond what she thought was right . |
| 5 | But she had been forbidden by her mother to have anything to do with her Pascoe cousins , and she was sure Tristram was under the same veto as far as she was concerned ; and for a long time — years — she had never even spoken a word to him . |
| 6 | She was n't a relation but she had been told to call her Aunt Violet . |
| 7 | But she had been told where she could find Georgie early that evening . |
| 8 | But she had been battling against these odds for five hours , so perhaps her judgement was a little warped . |
| 9 | But she had been working er er as a |
| 10 | Her mother , Valerie , had returned to teaching after her family were off her hands , but she had been forced to give up her job to give Jennifer the care she needed . |
| 11 | Delicately Louisa had tried again and again to create the opportunity , but she had been allowed no room . |
| 12 | Not only had she failed to recapture her budgie , but she had been accused of stealing apples and brought disgrace upon the Pack ! |
| 13 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 14 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 15 | But she 'd been smoking too much , as well . |
| 16 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 17 | By Christmas her child would be several weeks old , but she 'd been forced to survive on her wits since before her ma had died , and she would survive now . |
| 18 | ‘ But she has been caged inside the Grail Castle for the last twenty years . ’ |
| 19 | But she has been given special dispensation to play in two events in her home state before that birthday . |
| 20 | Mum Cheryl needs a heart-lung transplant but she has been waiting in vain for a donor since January . |
| 21 | Then , raising her voice , ‘ I do n't think Lady Joanna expects you to play with her , my lady , but she has been asking if you are feeling more rested . |
| 22 | But she has been left stranded after thieves stole the blue Yamaha XT600 from the car park of a Southport hotel . |
| 23 | ‘ But she has been married twice herself . ’ |
| 24 | But she liked being taken care of , without being smothered . |
| 25 | I do n't know , but she 's been doing it for a while . |
| 26 | But she 's been moaning |
| 27 | Yeah , but she 's been caught doing it as well . |
| 28 | But she 's been approached by the gutter press to sell her story of her life with me and I 've had to intercept certain envelopes that have been sent in . |
| 29 | Geoffrey is recuperating from er er an operation on his back , and Barbara , although not here this morning , hopefully may well be here this afternoon , but she 's been incapacitated by a fall which er , broke her leg . |
| 30 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |