Example sentences of "but she [vb past] [pron] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The answer to that she did not yet know , but she had her own answer already sworn , and she would not go back on it .
2 However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control .
3 He even entertained them down here , but she took it all in her stride .
4 He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose .
5 ‘ Maureen does n't know I 'm here , ’ said Joe , ‘ but she told me all about you .
6 Robyn raised the glass to her lips and took a first sip ; she had a feeling that counting to ten was not going to work , but she tried it all the same .
7 Sally tried to talk to the boy 's mother , but she dismissed it all as harmless pranks .
8 But she needed something more than that .
9 She had brought her car this time , crossed by ferry and faced the terrors of the Paris ring-road , but she needed her own things with her and this was the only way to do it .
10 A bit of a burden , but she treasured it all , he wealthy possessions screwed up in a ball .
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