Example sentences of "but she [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't mean to , but she finally came to terms with the lateness of the hour with a yawn ; it was already happening before she could stop it . |
| 2 | But she finally admitted that she had n't been in the ship at the time . |
| 3 | But she finally revealed all on ITV 's The Time , The Place show . |
| 4 | But she finally relented and went out with her friends . |
| 5 | It took a long time , but she finally got the drunken figure out of the door and closed it firmly behind him . |
| 6 | But she finally decided to tell nobody . |
| 7 | It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year . |
| 8 | But she kindly held out her hand to me . |
| 9 | Dot did n't like the smell of old clothes nor of brick dust and escaping gas but she rarely wailed . |
| 10 | She found the marching pace tiring and her clothes would not be recommended for military training , but she rarely complained . |
| 11 | To accept them all would place an intolerable strain on her health , but she rarely fails to help a charity . |
| 12 | Like many of the parents , Rita readily agrees with the professional maxim that ‘ It 's natural to feel shocked ’ , but she clearly does not take this to be some scientific and objective concomitant of the situation , something in her genes . |
| 13 | From the pink frilly garment , Clara would have deduced that the baby must be a girl , but she clearly remembered that it was called James . |
| 14 | Because her talents lay in organization , personal inspiration , and a somewhat Wagnerian style of oratory , rather than in writing and analytical thought , it is difficult to pinpoint precisely the nature of her impact upon contemporaries , but she clearly inspired great personal devotion in both women and men . |
| 15 | I do n't really know her breeding , but she clearly has some Arab in her and has a soft thin coat . |
| 16 | She was thanked , but she already has the gratitude of scores of patients . |
| 17 | Cissie hated going to bed , and she hated getting up in the morning , but she thoroughly enjoyed lazing in the bath , and finding every excuse not to say goodnight . |
| 18 | Once again a very enjoyable evening , erm , I pushed into something that er , I do n't think she really wanted to do initially , but she thoroughly enjoyed it at the end . |
| 19 | A circumspect phone call to Sarah 's mother at this point usually reveals that the party is timed to end at 1am at the latest , that she is extremely sorry , but she simply does n't have room for all the children to stay and every other mother has already phoned . |
| 20 | She did n't really want him , of course but she simply had to prove to herself that he would prefer her to Sally , given the choice . |
| 21 | He wanted her to show gratitude and deference , but she simply murmured ‘ Thank you , sir ’ with no conviction . |
| 22 | But she simply ignored him as she always had and began to practise with the yellow-haired vibrancer who 'd been with Jeopardy in Mandru 's salon on the morning Lucien had met the master . |
| 23 | Harriet resented being offered a drink on her own doorstep , but she simply replied , ‘ Thank you . |
| 24 | But she simply snapped instead , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 25 | Not that that in itself was a bad thing , she acknowledged — but she bitterly resented the fact that he , Adam Burns , should have that kind of influence over her . |
| 26 | She felt such a clown , standing before them with that vulgar object between her open legs , but she slowly sank down towards the disgusting dildo and manipulated her thighs until the blunt tip was nudging at the portals of her reluctant orifice . |
| 27 | he tries to arrest her , but she bravely defies him until some guerrillas arrive , and he is soon begging abjectly for mercy . |
| 28 | There was no particular reason why he should not know what she was up to , but she instinctively felt an urge to keep it quiet for the moment . |
| 29 | Juliet was n't really hungry , but she politely accepted a small slice . |
| 30 | But she firmly stamped on that thought . |