Example sentences of "but she [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her name is Mrs Langton , but she likes to be called Helen . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But she hates to be confined . |
| 3 | Although weak , the baby was basically healthy , but she had to be kept in intensive care for the first few weeks . |
| 4 | But she had to be careful . |
| 5 | But she had to be careful . |
| 6 | But she had to be served . |
| 7 | It seemed she could enjoy herself whatever she was doing , but she had to be doing something . |
| 8 | But she had to be fair . |
| 9 | The world is her oyster but she dreams of being a librarian . |
| 10 | Binchy has fewer journalistic commitments now , but she continues to be a columnist for the Irish Times : she currently has a column of her own invention called ‘ Unasked-for Advice ’ . |
| 11 | She knew it was illogical , but she craved to be held , to be comforted — by him . |
| 12 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
| 13 | Each one must have held memories of her father , but she seemed to be looking for something special . |
| 14 | Jack Foley 's eyes rarely left Nan 's face , but she seemed to be unaware of this and talked as if all three of them were equal partners in the conversation . |
| 15 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 16 | He liked Mrs Robson , he had become very fond of her : she was down to earth , and she seemed to bring him out of himself , but she seemed to be harbouring serious ideas about Maggie and him . |
| 17 | ‘ There was glass on the floor , but she seemed to be all right and so did Prince William . |
| 18 | Goodness knows what was happening to her , but she seemed to be trapped in some thick mental fog . |
| 19 | But she proved to be a natural and her performance won rave reviews . |
| 20 | But she proved to be a highly effective change master in her organization , responsible for many successful new projects , because she is a superb coalition builder , drawing hardly at all on her relationship with the CEO . |
| 21 | She wanted to , she really did , but she needed to be made to feel she could , or rather that she could n't not , that it was out of her hands , that she could n't help herself . |
| 22 | She rose quickly and lit the candles , all six of them which was wasteful , but she needed to be in the light for the shadows in the corners frightened her . |
| 23 | But she has to be allowed to work out what she wants to do , ’ said Mr Powell . |
| 24 | I saw her with black hair and I told her it was great , but she prefers to be blonde . |
| 25 | It would be easy enough to let this go in view of his problem , but she refused to be dictated to in any way at all . |
| 26 | She received a suspicious glance at this placid response , but she refused to be drawn . |
| 27 | But she seems to be doing night shift a lot recently . |
| 28 | Feel a bit sorry for her , but she seems to be enjoying it so . |
| 29 | But she loves to be with children . |
| 30 | But she wants to be at home , with her husband , and lots of children , and dogs everywhere . ’ |