Example sentences of "but [conj] she 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she said I 've written , I should n't do she said but that she 'd written and complained about it . |
| 2 | It was a shame that she looked such a mess — this was hardly the best way to meet a prospective client — but once she 'd explained her predicament … well , then everything would be all right . |
| 3 | But once she 'd explained I felt much calmer . |
| 4 | But if she 'd stayed ? |
| 5 | But if she 'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks . |
| 6 | But if she 'd hoped to ruffle his conceit she did n't ; he merely laughed . |
| 7 | Yeah , but unless she 'd done it with him she would n't be panicking that much ! |
| 8 | She ought to have hated the child she was carrying , it being the cause of her return to squalor after the effort she had made to rise above it , but since she 'd felt it move she could n't reject it . |
| 9 | But since she 'd considered herself relatively fit , she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time . |
| 10 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 11 | Mrs Froggatt organised bring and buy sales to raise cash for the organisation , but after she 'd sent off a check for more than three hundred pounds she heard nothing more . |
| 12 | But when she 'd arrived the boat had been deserted and , as darkness had gradually obscured first the surrounding countryside and then the outlines of neighbouring boats , none of them showing any lights , she had become just a little anxious . |
| 13 | But as she 'd told him , dreams were rarely logical . |