Example sentences of "but [subord] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remembered that Firelight had to feed it with milk , but where she kept it he had no idea . |
| 2 | Trollope evidently shares Jane Austen 's preference for past community to present isolation ; but where she felt those sites to be alternatives , he knows that the first is a part of history . |
| 3 | But where she had expected harshness she felt instead only the soft warmth of his lips on her throat , and a rush of longing coursed through her entire body , strong enough to make her buckle at the knees . |
| 4 | Yeah , but where she bought the house then ? |
| 5 | Either she was left with the excellent non-skiing kindergarten , which she enjoyed but where she did not learn to ski , something she very much wanted to do , or she had to be put into skischool . |
| 6 | But where she worked might interest you . ’ |
| 7 | Mona was quiet , hardworking and extremely stubborn , anxious to be agreeable ; but once she took up a position — or got caught in one — she was obstinately immovable and this had often brought her into conflict with Moran . |
| 8 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 9 | It was a shame that she looked such a mess — this was hardly the best way to meet a prospective client — but once she 'd explained her predicament … well , then everything would be all right . |
| 10 | But once she 'd explained I felt much calmer . |
| 11 | She was aware that these could be developed by investigative work , but once she became immersed in the new curriculum , struggling on occasions to keep her head above water , she began to lose sight of these objectives , focusing instead on the more familiar content objectives . |
| 12 | Influenced by these dreams , beautiful mornings seemed to mock her waking despair , but once she had shaken herself free from their shades , sun , sky , trees and birds enveloped her like a benediction . |
| 13 | The last child , Grace Beatrice , would not be born until the family had moved to 17 Brunswick Place , but once she had arrived we can not but notice an almost uncanny similarity between William 's family and that of his father : each consisted of four boys followed by a girl , with the third child dying in infancy . |
| 14 | But once she had tried it on , her spirits sank once more to unprecedented depths . |
| 15 | Where Maggie had found him she did n't know , but once she had dragged the equipment inside the shelter she was very glad that he had . |
| 16 | It took her from 25 February to 30 June to save a shilling , but once she had accomplished that she was content that she could manage and ‘ never let it trouble me again ’ . |
| 17 | Now and then , Kitty would volunteer to do a couple of hours ' work on the barrow , but once she had eaten her way through the day 's profits she would soon disappear . |
| 18 | But although she recognised the truth of what she was saying , Folly felt suddenly depressed . |
| 19 | But although she became pregnant several times , she miscarried on each occasion . |
| 20 | But although she escaped personal attack , the reviews of the £20 million blockbuster were far from ‘ perfick ’ . |
| 21 | But although she slammed the phone down in fine style , she was shaken horribly . |
| 22 | But although she said it she could not be certain that it was true . |
| 23 | But although she accepted a dressing-down from him in public , and indeed made a point of telling people ‘ Oh ! |
| 24 | If only Silas had been there she could have consulted him , but although she looked along the corridor and outside there was no sign of him . |
| 25 | Britain 's Sharon Lee also faced Gao and succumbed to two knockdowns , but although she left the hall without a medal , two good wins , including a 20-second victory over Carole Scheid , of the United States , showed that she is capable of making an impact at world level . |
| 26 | Stevie might have tended to exaggerate , but although she had rich parents , she worked as a waitress in Los Angeles to support Lindsey , and they roughed it around a bit . |
| 27 | They had told her in hospital that the glass had cut into an artery and she had needed transfusions but although she had felt far from well this morning she was certainly feeling worse now . |
| 28 | But although she had been standing there just a moment before , there was no sign of Izzie . |
| 29 | She expected to find Kathleen prostrated by the tragedy in her family , but although she spoke sadly of Cormac 's wasted life and her mother 's collapse , Kathleen seemed remarkably untouched by the tragedy . |
| 30 | The TV commentator was excitedly describing the drama , but although she strained to hear she could not pick out the name of the victim . |