Example sentences of "her [noun sg] but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which , Dorothea had often thought , they probably were , and really , she had half-envied Alida , not for her independence but for the responsibility she had , and for the pride and satisfaction she was entitled to feel in her work . |
| 2 | It will be considered her mother 's fault not only by her husband but by the community also . |
| 3 | She was looking after her father in his old age as she had always said she would , but instead of satisfaction she felt only guilt — guilt at her own impatience when he behaved not as her father but like a disobedient child . |
| 4 | She had never been very obedient in other areas of her life but in the tube she was a child again , learning , wary , and without that presence which had always been there in her childhood . |
| 5 | She would live these seven days of re-creation as a monument not only to her vow but to the belief , shared with Daniel , that there are transcendental values in all creation . |
| 6 | Her father 's death was the great wound not just of her childhood but of the rest of her life . |
| 7 | At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers . |
| 8 | In the doorway , bleached by the light from her candle but with the eyes frighteningly dark and glittery , blazed the furious face of Miss Harker . |