Example sentences of "but [adv] he [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Adrian Hop there 's nothing that can ease the pain of the loss of his daughter but perhaps he says she wo n't have died in vain . |
| 2 | I did n't have much faith in him when I first spoke to him , but apparently he told her to stand on her own two feet . |
| 3 | She tensed , preparing to struggle , but purposefully he turned her to face him and before she had chance to utter one single protest he cupped her face in his strong hands and brought his lips down on hers , silencing anything she might have been about to say . |
| 4 | She had often tired him with her chatter , with her bursts of personal revelations , ‘ Today I feel this — yesterday I felt that , ’ but suddenly he wished she would talk to him . |
| 5 | Gradually the tears stopped , but still he held her , one hand warm against the ridge of her spine , the other gentle as it stroked the silky length of her hair . |
| 6 | At first he thought an adult must have caused them but now he thought she could have been dropped by a child . |
| 7 | ‘ But then he got her into the trouble in the first place . |
| 8 | But then he took her by surprise . |
| 9 | She had to go through the ritual of pleading for information while he pretended reluctance , but then he told her what appeared to be everything . |
| 10 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 11 | But then he asked her what she was knitting , so she had to answer him , and after that she agreed to let him tap her chest with his rubber hammer , peer into her ears with his pencil light , and press the back of her tongue with one of Mrs Hollidaye 's silver apostle teaspoons . |
| 12 | But then he covered her , his naked body burning hot , heavy but not crushing , strong and powerful . |
| 13 | But then he pushed her away . |
| 14 | It had worried him for a moment , he had n't been quite sure what she meant , but then he reckoned she was referring to the troubles . |
| 15 | But instead he told her , ‘ You 're right , I ought to be . |