Example sentences of "but she is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pithy violence of Shostakovich 's First Sonata does not come naturally to her , but she is at home in the limpid impressionism of Rachmaninov 's G major Prelude , which on its own makes this disc worth having . |
| 2 | She is a wooden ship , not unlike the old clippers we used to run for the grain trade before World War I , but she is at least a century older . |
| 3 | The Goddess is alive and powerful and sentient , yes , but she is like blood , within us . |
| 4 | I was afraid for her , anxious all the time , but she is like a monkey when she is in the saddle . |
| 5 | But she is in fact in grave theological and spiritual error . |
| 6 | The curving shapes are there but she is in her Sunday best , positively dripping in spires , swags , pilasters , finials , and coats of arms , the better to proclaim her respectability and superiority . |
| 7 | ‘ She can hardly wait for you to get home , ’ Barney assured her hurriedly , ‘ but she is in bed with flu , nothing serious . ’ |
| 8 | I am looking thoughtful , but she is in no mood for meaningful gazes across the room . |
| 9 | Molly is aware that she has cancer but she is in great heart . |
| 10 | ‘ There is a high risk of her not surviving the transplant but she is in a hole now . |