Example sentences of "but she did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 2 | At Place Massena , she entered the gloomy passage to the rue du Bateau , but she did not go to the flat , she turned right and wound through the lanes instead . |
| 3 | But she did not go back to the kitchen . |
| 4 | He thought she might be on the point of offering him a nip of whisky but she did not go that far . |
| 5 | The Matron pursed her lips , in what Alida took to be sympathy , but she did not comment . |
| 6 | I saw Ivy on Friday , but she did not mention anything — almost truly ‘ anything ’ . |
| 7 | He pushed her aside suddenly , roughly , and saw her face grow sallow with anger , but she did not protest . |
| 8 | She looked back at him once , her fingers clasping her face , but she did not stir . |
| 9 | Perhaps not , but she did not care . |
| 10 | And they despised her for it , some of them , and they feared her for it , most of them ; but she did not care , so long as they paid her enough to be drunk on until the need to kill was irresistible again . |
| 11 | But she did not care what Bert thought . |
| 12 | But she did not care greatly . |
| 13 | Beador was nowhere to be seen , but she did not care . |
| 14 | But she did not laugh . |
| 15 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 16 | But she did not wake and for a moment Henry was flooded by helpless rage , a feeling that made him want to run to the bedside table , snatch up Elinor 's nail scissors and twist them into her neck , this way and that , gouging out blood and veins . |
| 17 | But she did not open the door , or look into the passage . |
| 18 | But she did not break that concentrated stare . |
| 19 | All the children were pleased to see her again , but she did not speak to Gilbert Blythe . |
| 20 | But she did not speak in her usual natural way , and Mary did not believe her . |
| 21 | But she did not speak them . |
| 22 | For a long moment she stared at Michael , but she did not speak . |
| 23 | But she did not speak the words , only whispered them despairingly inside her head . |
| 24 | As Rose left she cast a meaning glance at Gabriel , but she did not speak . |
| 25 | She was certain he was wrong , certain that it was not just bad luck in a chancy world ; but she did not intend to argue with him . |
| 26 | Her girlfriends , particularly her former flatmates , would have rallied round but she did not feel that she could inflict them with such a burden of responsibility . |
| 27 | It seemed very strange and silent , but she did not feel lonely at all . |
| 28 | She liked the taste of his mouth , the feel of his tongue caressing hers , but she did not feel threatened by the thought that she might be expected to ‘ go all the way ’ like some poor teenager on a heavy date . |
| 29 | But she did not strike him as a girl who would get much pleasure out of flagellating herself with self-loathing and trembling hypocrisy . |
| 30 | Once Phoebe had started playing chess regularly again she realised she could probably have become considerably better than him quite quickly , but she did not want that enough to work on it . |