Example sentences of "but she [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was going to be a lecture but she hoped a more interesting one than most of those delivered by neat men with grey hair at the Police College . |
| 2 | A police spokesman said yesterday the investigation , carried out under the supervision of the Police Complaints Authority , was ongoing but she hoped an inquest would open very soon . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think so , ’ she said , but she expressed the truth so artfully it sounded almost as if there was a possibility . |
| 4 | But she declined an offer to go on the treadmill herself , telling patients : ‘ No thank you . |
| 5 | But she thanked the Lord that Reverend Morey had n't become a Governor sooner , for then everyone would have known about Angel , and James 's plump and prissy wife might have discovered her husband had fathered a bastard . |
| 6 | She told me how she wrote several letters to her home complaining of the punishment she was given and begging to be taken away but she received no reply until one day her brother paid her a visit and gave her the news that their parents were both dead . |
| 7 | She now turned her smile on Millie , but she received no answering smile , only a stare from what she thought were those very odd grey eyes . |
| 8 | She then wrote to Mr Woodhouse enclosing a photograph of Grey Towers but she received no reply . |
| 9 | But she received a warm smile from the housekeeper for her efforts , and as the housekeeper said something in Czech to her employer and , presumably with something to do elsewhere , left the kitchen , Vendelin Gajdusek turned his attention to Fabia . |
| 10 | The card was due to expire in March 1993 , but she received a letter from the Golden Key company saying the card was no longer valid . |
| 11 | Kate was still looking at Peter but she accepted the change of subject smoothly , like a skilful footballer changing tack to cope with a pass from an unexpected direction . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I must , ’ she said gaily , but she accepted the offer of coffee , and , waiting for it to arrive , said , ‘ Now it is my turn to quiz you . |
| 13 | There was the taste of death in the kiss , but she accepted the price with the prize , and clung to the bitterness and the bliss alike , knowing them for ever inseparable now . |
| 14 | The daughter of James Harris [ q.v. ] later claimed that a ‘ great part ’ of it was written by him , but she offered no evidence . |
| 15 | But she recognizes the need to tread warily and I doubt not she is right . |
| 16 | Cecilia thought it remarkable , an instance of the inexplicable ways of nature , that a child could be so unlike his parents , but she thought no more than that . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , Tim , ’ sighed Scarlet , but she thought the sentiments sounded more like Constance 's . |
| 18 | she has always been great , but she made a tremendous jump when she started recording decent songs instead of versions of old R'n' B tracks . |
| 19 | Julia heard the name ‘ Jonathan ’ , but she made a determined effort not to translate the Italian words , knowing how much the two of them must need privacy . |
| 20 | Little Maureen was agitated , but she made a nice speech . |
| 21 | Jenna could see that it was , but she made a note to sneak in here when she had a minute and try it out . |
| 22 | She turned to Ana with a smile , making herself sound calm , but she made a mistake . |
| 23 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 24 | Her lips moved , but she made no sound that he could hear . |
| 25 | I am all right , she said , I am fine , but she made no further attempt to rise . |
| 26 | Her right knee was raised to form a screen that prevented Dennis from seeing what was going on , but she made no attempt to conceal it from me . |
| 27 | A single tear escaped from the corner of her eye but she made no move to look away . |
| 28 | But she made no move to leave , so I had to say not at all , I 'd gone to bed because it seemed the warmest place . |
| 29 | Her eyes filled with tears , but she made no attempt to blink them away , too caught up in an internal struggle which she knew could determine her life forever after . |
| 30 | Her eyelids flickered , but she made no other sign . |