Example sentences of "but [subord] she 'd [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But once she 'd explained I felt much calmer .
3 But if she 'd stayed ?
4 But if she 'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks .
5 But if she 'd hoped to ruffle his conceit she did n't ; he merely laughed .
6 Yeah , but unless she 'd done it with him she would n't be panicking that much !
7 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 .
8 But since she 'd considered herself relatively fit , she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 But as she 'd told him , dreams were rarely logical .
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