Example sentences of "but she [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 But she ought to apply for a Pony Club polo scholarship . ’
2 But she ought to .
3 Tears burned at the back of her eyelids , but she dare n't let him see .
4 Somewhere at the back of her mind , she knew there was an image of someone , but she dare not look too closely .
5 I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen .
6 ‘ Ah , but she would n't have , would she ? ’ said Ethel .
7 They were expecting Club 18–30 , but she would be long gone before that intrusion .
8 But she would never forget the very different lifestyle of her early years — she was 20 when they emigrated ; the veneration of her father and her father 's father , the gross insecurity under which they lived ; the ever-present threat of injury and loss , and the belittling malice ; experiences which moulded and coloured her whole existence , as did her knowledge of Polish , Russian and Yiddish .
9 ‘ All loans that we have outstanding would appear in the balance sheet under the loan portfolio , ’ a spokeswoman said , but she would not confirm that this item currently includes the Bond loan .
10 She knew what he meant , but she would not help him out .
11 All this about Fenna was entirely true , but she would not have said it , would not have known how to shape such sentences .
12 But she would have those things for ever ; she would have them in her head , in her memories and her dreams , and no one could take that away from her .
13 And Paul himself and Maggie and Fenna , but she would not try to tell him that .
14 He wanted to do Marie 's room , but she would n't let him .
15 She may have been just twenty years old , and secretly terrified , but she would only have one wedding in her life , and she was determined to make it her own .
16 At one time she might have wanted to sit among the crowd , to escape from the prying eyes , but she would never have had the confidence to say so .
17 He called her again and again , but she would not stop barking at something he could not see .
18 But she would have telephoned first .
19 ‘ Yes , I would n't have got all that much , but she would n't even agree to that , greedy cow . ’
20 He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up .
21 But she would say that .
22 When he and Eleanor got into the hall , he called up the stairs to Gina but she would n't come .
23 But she would not go on .
24 Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back .
25 She might pretend to listen but she would n't hear .
26 But she would n't go , and in any case might she not be misunderstood , ill-treated , and all my fault ?
27 Not only did she find Charles 's brand of ignorance excessively boring , but she would like to warn him … that from now on , he would be hearing the Hörst Wessel Song every morning … that both blocks of flats would too … every morning … 7 a.m .
28 Kathleen was kind but she would not bring herself to visit and Dorothea knew she ought not to have asked .
29 She not only bit , kicked , and knocked them down ; but she would also hold a child on the ground by wrapping her jaws around the child 's throat , or bite a child in the face .
30 But she would rather have had a handful of honest reviews .
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