Example sentences of "but she [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was thanked , but she already has the gratitude of scores of patients . |
| 2 | Not that that in itself was a bad thing , she acknowledged — but she bitterly resented the fact that he , Adam Burns , should have that kind of influence over her . |
| 3 | She do n't hear me , so I say it again , but she just unlocks the door and goes into her room . |
| 4 | That is clearly innate , but she also acknowledges the part played by Williams in helping her to develop that faculty . |
| 5 | Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions . |
| 6 | She felt him press cold plastic into her hand , but she also felt the tingle of warmth from his fingers . |
| 7 | She may have felt aggrieved , but she also missed the point . |
| 8 | Many of her comments and asides bring laughter , but she also has the ability to put her foot in her mouth with remarks that lack diplomacy and tact . |
| 9 | But she ultimately reached the Rante and was lifted up the death-house steps looking little the worse for wear and , if anything , pinker with health . |
| 10 | Loathing for the other woman rose in Shae 's chest like an icy-cold wave , but she resolutely contained the feeling , staring back at her with a bland expression that gave nothing of her inner turmoil away . |
| 11 | OK , her relationship with her father had taken a dip since her mother 's death , but she still knew the man better than almost anyone else on earth . |
| 12 | But she still thinks the exercise was worthwhile and says Bill Clinton will be wise to stay in touch with the ‘ small fries ’ . |
| 13 | " She 's forgetful and sometimes a little difficult , but she still does the garden and she did all the cooking right up to your aunt 's death . " |
| 14 | But she still held the gun and , as Kellerman turned on her , Donna shook her head clear and fired at him . |
| 15 | She was no longer anxious about her ability to cope with the inmates of the pet shop , but she still disliked the sight of birds and some of the more sensitive animals being kept in captivity . |
| 16 | The very first Miss World is celebrating being a cover girl on a magazine … eighty years after she won the original title.Alice Hyde is now 97 years old … but she still remembers the excitement of winning the world 's top beauty contest . |
| 17 | they , told them they can like it or lump it and they said the miner 's strike , but she still won the election after the miner 's strike which |
| 18 | But she still stresses the necessity of an expert test — and the board 's concern that the information has not yet got through to all the householders in the area who are at risk . |
| 19 | Suzanne Moore rightly condemns Judge Rant 's reference to ‘ brute homosexual activity ’ , but she still reserves the right to consider other people 's consensual sexual choices distasteful and disgusting , even while rejecting the idea of criminalising them . |
| 20 | But she only saw the girl who had now returned her full attention to the case . |
| 21 | But she only wanted the vest for him ; he had a start in life that she never had ; why , when she was his age she had already had one child , and was working in Dublin 's most exclusive brothel . |
| 22 | Through her iron self-discipline , Laura had managed to control some of her phobias , such as fear of cows , small insects and mice , but she never obliterated the memory of how she had suffered in younger days . |
| 23 | I once said to him , Mother 's in the lavatory but she never locks the door . ’ |
| 24 | But she too had the right to leave . |
| 25 | Getting back home to Armscott Manor was a mechanical necessity , but she hardly registered the journey . |
| 26 | But she always dropped the thought as frivolous speculation . |