Example sentences of "but she [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 2 | The honey was fermenting but she chewed up the nut and swallowed it avidly ; then , encouraged by Tom , she dipped her finger in the honey and licked it clean . |
| 3 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 4 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
| 5 | But she had n't the patience for that . |
| 6 | She felt herself being picked up and carried , but she had n't the strength to struggle . |
| 7 | She knew she looked better in her skirt and jersey , but she had not the courage to wear them . |
| 8 | She was brainy — that is , she had her head stuffed with facts , but she had neither the intelligence nor judgement to interpret their significance and relate them to the world . |
| 9 | No doubt the wall was lower at some point — down at the edge of the parkland , perhaps — but she had neither the time nor the inclination to find out . |
| 10 | For a moment , Donna felt tears welling up in her eyes but she fought back the pain , forced the thoughts away . |
| 11 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
| 12 | I have a person who comes in for two hours every morning , but … but she does just the very rough work . |
| 13 | Lady Grubb knew a great deal about antiques and owned some beautiful pieces , but she topped up the genuine furnishings with reproduction Jacobean coffee tables and plastic cruets . |
| 14 | But she cherished even the pain that Mark caused her . |
| 15 | She had the insane desire to tell all that to this man , but she bit back the words . |
| 16 | But she bit back the words . |
| 17 | It was on the tip of her tongue then to ask if he had managed to dispatch the papers to whoever they were destined for , but she held back the question before it got uttered . |
| 18 | The engaged tone bleeping in Robyn 's ear confirmed the good sense of this judgement , but she put down the receiver reluctantly . |
| 19 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 20 | McKenzie tried to push her head under water but she pulled out the plug . |
| 21 | Anne 's face was red and she felt ready to burst with anger but she picked up the baby and escaped to the bathroom . |
| 22 | He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home . |