Example sentences of "she [adv] but [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A credit card with her name on it finally got her in but she left in a huff 30 minutes later . |
| 2 | The big bag they had brought for the goose caught between her legs and almost threw her down but she recovered her balance , her feet slipping and sliding . |
| 3 | Her voice almost let her down but she persevered . |
| 4 | He claims he only pushed her away but she fell back onto the knife . |
| 5 | Yussuf tried to urge her away but she resisted his efforts . |
| 6 | He 'd wanted to escort her home but she had threatened to commit arson if he came within a quarter of a mile of the theatre . |
| 7 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 8 | When she tackled him in the wood , he produced the gun to frighten her off but she wrested it from him and shot him . |
| 9 | He was beside her holding her up but she pushed him away . |
| 10 | I approached her carefully but she leaned away as I stretched out my hand . |
| 11 | Well I 've , I 've seen her today but she said she 'd er get me some socks and that out for , out for Lianne . |
| 12 | He hated leaving her there but he descended the ladder because there was nothing else he could do . |
| 13 | For one terrifying moment she thought he was going to subdue her again but she threw him off with a shove . |
| 14 | Dad simply pushed her forward but I heard him whisper , ‘ Move along , yer 'olding up the service . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes she thought from the way he seemed to watch her that he might like her too but he had never said anything and Sally was beginning to be afraid he never would . |