Example sentences of "but she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She not only bit , kicked , and knocked them down ; but she would also hold a child on the ground by wrapping her jaws around the child 's throat , or bite a child in the face . |
| 2 | Not only was she exultant at the thought of a holiday in London , but she would also have a week removed from the constant worry of Gareth Davis . |
| 3 | The bastions would stand during her lifetime , but she would soon be a great-grandmother . |
| 4 | But she would rather have had a handful of honest reviews . |
| 5 | Paige was glad of her strong boots , but she would gladly have thrown her bag away , for it either kept falling off or got caught on stray branches . |
| 6 | But she would often tell friends how keenly she felt a responsibility not just for her employees ' jobs , but for their health , their mortgages , their children 's educations and the entire survival of the rural community in Carno . |
| 7 | But she would never forget the very different lifestyle of her early years — she was 20 when they emigrated ; the veneration of her father and her father 's father , the gross insecurity under which they lived ; the ever-present threat of injury and loss , and the belittling malice ; experiences which moulded and coloured her whole existence , as did her knowledge of Polish , Russian and Yiddish . |
| 8 | At one time she might have wanted to sit among the crowd , to escape from the prying eyes , but she would never have had the confidence to say so . |
| 9 | To complete June 's story , she remained to see Jack , her son , move into the higher echelons of Hollywood and stardom but she would never witness his greater achievements . |
| 10 | She prayed that it was so , but she would never know . |
| 11 | But she would never marry again . |
| 12 | In her heart Maura agreed with Margaret 's opinion of Michael , but she would never admit it openly . |
| 13 | What he was saying made sense in some respects but she would never , ever forgive Lizzy for the charade of the last eighteen months . |
| 14 | But she would never fly again , I do n't suppose , and anyway we 're short of a golden eagle . |
| 15 | But she would never admit it . |
| 16 | Fate had parted them for ever , but she would never know any other man in the way she had known Tyler . |
| 17 | It made Bernice jealous , but she would never let that dictate her behaviour . |
| 18 | His talk was just that , talk aimed at intimidating her , but she would never give him the satisfaction of allowing him to succeed . |
| 19 | He 'd given her so much and she would never forget him , but she would never confuse what they had shared with that elusive emotion — love . |
| 20 | They would go back to Paris to the beautiful house , but she would never stop being grateful for the farm in the woods , because here she had found her father and here she had found Alain . |
| 21 | He must be past thirty now , but she would never have believed he could have grown to make such a gross figure of a man . |
| 22 | But she would never admit to being anorexic and refused help : |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 24 | She may have been just twenty years old , and secretly terrified , but she would only have one wedding in her life , and she was determined to make it her own . |
| 25 | Physically , she was still capable of walking , but she would only walk with her physiotherapist , never with the nurses or her husband . |
| 26 | But she would still be a traitor to grief , watching and listening , even as she spoke the formal words of condolence , for the flicker of an eyelid , the tensing of hands and face muscles , for the unwise word , for any sign that for someone in that waiting house in Campden Hill Square this might not be news at all . |
| 27 | I tried to get her to give him the elbow but she would always say , ‘ but Eddie , he means well and he 's so kind ’ . |
| 28 | No doubt the teacher too is superior , but she would hardly be expected to feel joyful on that account . |
| 29 | A She could , but she would almost certainly then forfeit her title of Royal Highness and Princess , and probably any income obtained at the time of the divorce . |
| 30 | Erm but she may well pick you up about eleven o'clock . |