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Example sentences for "but she did not"

  • Beatrice would have despised and been very angry with Henrietta had she deserted to Roger, but she did not feel in the least grateful for her adherence, and would have been much more proud of retaining either of the boys.

  • Queen Bee rejoiced as soon as they had quitted the house, that the boys were too well occupied with their pudding to wish to accompany them, but she did not venture on any further remarks before her papa.

  • Henrietta was rather appalled at the quantity she had to learn, as well as at the prominent part she was to take; but she did not like to spoil the pleasure of the rest with objections, and applied herself in good earnest to her study.

  • May, but she did not finish, for Amy's voice came across the hall, saying pleasantly.

  • She wished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so, only praised him till he was quite abashed, and his grandfather came to his rescue.

  • But she did not get it, for though he joined her and answered all her questions freely, she could only learn that he had roved about the Continent and been to Greece.

  • I looked at her, and she stared back with her eyes starting out of her head, but she did not say a word.

  • I once wrote to your mistress from abroad, but she did not reply.

  • I wrote to Mrs. General Epanchin at the time (she is a distant relative of mine), but she did not answer my letter.

  • In answer to this, Lady Rowley asserted that Nora was a good girl, and would do as her father told her; but she did not venture to assert that Nora would give up her engagement.

  • Nora meanwhile was thinking whether she would call in the assistance of Priscilla Stanbury; but she did not like to take any such a step in opposition to her sister.

  • But she did not at all understand her aunt's allusion.

  • There were still the two men coopering at the vats, but she did not stay to speak to them.

  • For a moment, he hoped Sadie would laugh, but she did not.

  • An hour or two later he drove her home, but she did not talk.

  • Sometimes the girl allowed herself to slide, sometimes she ran a few yards and sprang, but she did not stumble or lose her balance.

  • He had struck her a cruel blow, but she did not mean to sit still and nurse the wound.

  • Sadie's look softened, but she did not mean to be gracious yet.

  • Mrs. Clarke gazed at the blush, and no doubt thoroughly understood it, but she did not smile, or look arch, or full of feminine understanding.

  • But she did not offer to show it to him, nor did she disagree with his view.

  • Dion thought that Rosamund would try to stop him from leaving her, but she did not.

  • He was much more strung up, much more restless and excitable than she was, but she did not seem to notice it.

  • The Canon seemed for a moment almost surprised by her buoyant anticipation, and a look that was sad flitted across his face; but she did not notice it.

  • But she did not speak of this to Smither, who did so take a line of her own in regard to heaven that it quite put one about sometimes.

  • She could see that he was seething with feelings he wanted to express; but she did not mean to help him.

  • Pollyanna sewed, practised, read aloud, and studied cooking in the kitchen, it is true; but she did not give to any of these things quite so much time as had first been planned.

  • To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain.

  • Mother was surprised, of course, but she did not offer a single objection.

  • Nellie Dean would have giggled and blushed, but she did not.

  • I waited for her to speak, but she did not.

  • I spoke again and again, but she did not answer, nor try to rise.

  • It trembled, but she did not draw it away.

  • Farnsworth offered Alice his arm, but she did not accept it.

  • She was going to say some wild thing; but she did not; her voice lodged fast in her throat.

  • But she did not answer, and again a few minutes went by, before she stretched out her hand to him.

  • She was not confused by the insistence of his gaze; but she did not return it.

  • But she did not attempt to oppose his wish; she put on her hat, and was ready to start.

  • A droschke passed, and she tried to hail it; but she did not like to advance too far out of the shadow, on account of her bare head.

  • He had thought that she would move her dress, but she did not.

  • In fact that day Lily was very serious, but she did not appear to be unhappy.

  • She agreed with Jemima's criticism in the main, but she did not go quite so far as to think that Cradell was no good at all.

  • Ay, but she did not die of disease; her death was the result of accident.

  • Barbara broke it, but she did not look at Mr. Carlyle as she spoke.

  • Mr. Carlyle made a few civil inquiries as to her journey, but she did not dare to raise her eyes to his, as she breathed forth the answers.

  • She knew, judging by her declining strength and her inner feelings, that it could not be far off; but she did not deem it was coming so very soon.

  • He closed the door, and approached her, but she did not speak, and her lips were white and trembling.

  • But she did not eat; whether or not her two hours spent in Perigal's company were responsible for the result, it did not alter the fact that her mind was distracted by tumult.

  • As if to save herself from such an unkind fate, she involuntarily fell on her knees; but she did not pray, indeed, she made no attempt to formulate prayer in her heart.

  • Miss Toombs mentioned several other names well known to Mavis; but she did not speak of Charlie Perigal.

  • But she did not speak, and the look in her face grew very still.

  • She swayed a little--in her grey softness--but she did not look at him, but at the river.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but she did not" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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