Example sentences of "but had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , Ashford were given rights to fish from the gardens but had difficulties even attempting to pass through to other swims they leased . |
| 2 | After piloting the database , three keywords were added the file , representing aspects of the life of the three main character which had been particularly important to several pupils but had n been catered for initially . |
| 3 | If an item was dry and free from grease but had signs of corrosion , it was put first to the rotary wire brush to remove as much of the corrosion as possible . |
| 4 | Ceauşescu 's sensitivities in matters of art were hardly developed : as he was to show later in the planning of the enormous House of the People ( see chapter VIII below ) , he knew what he liked but had difficulty envisaging it , and tended to change his mind . |
| 5 | The turrets above were purely ornamental but had guns installed during wartime . |
| 6 | They were built mainly of brick but had columns , capitals , entablatures and wall coverings of marble and stone taken from the numerous ruined Roman secular buildings ; most floors were of Roman mosaic . |
| 7 | But had love been right ? |
| 8 | He had no formal medical training but had physicians as close friends , carried a medical kit on his travels and actually prescribed treatment on occasions . |
| 9 | We now started playing around with different things like pop-ups and double baits trying to sort out some of the twenties that we knew were present , but had man aged to evade capture . |
| 10 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 11 | Being credulous in matters of sorcery , they began to put it about that the Frank doctor not only had the power of expelling demons but had dominion over them . |
| 12 | Each set had identical swing weights but had shafts of different flexibility . |
| 13 | He professes quite despair about the state if football — ‘ a game that 's lost its soul ’ — but had draw comfort from a meeting with American jockey Cash Asmussen in France , in which the young man had generously given time to talk intelligently and passionately about his sport . |
| 14 | I said nothing , but had reservations ! |
| 15 | But had mention of Kemijärvi been a mistake ? |
| 16 | West Germany , for example , liked the idea of a common market , but had doubts about the utility of a nuclear energy agency , while France held the reverse position . |
| 17 | He had seven birdies in his best opening round so far , six of them in the first 12 holes , but had trouble getting properly aligned on his long shots . |
| 18 | BUT had John Major already let the cat out of the bag on privatisation last week ? |
| 19 | But had Clive ? |
| 20 | Moors were geographically scattered but had concentrations in the Eastern Province and Puttalam district . |