Example sentences of "but had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1902 Hardy was working on a project which owed its inspiration to boyhood memories of local stories and traditions of Napoleonic times , but had first presented itself as a literary theme in about 1875 . |
| 2 | Troop Sergeant Haines brought up the rear as the raiders moved towards the Old Entrance lock bridge ( 'G' ) but had first to swing north round the buildings on the east of the basin . |
| 3 | Most of the students investigated in this study were non-traditional in that they either possessed qualifications which met the general entrance requirements of the institution but had been gained them in non-traditional ways ( i.e. by other than full time attendance at secondary school ) , or they did not meet the requirement but had other qualifications or evidence of attainment acceptable to the institution in question . |
| 4 | At first , they were not married but had two sons . |
| 5 | As one they made for the door , but had two dozen different recollections of its exact position . |
| 6 | By coming into a room that I thought was empty — which was n't empty , but had two people in it … |
| 7 | He took only two wickets in the first Test after leapfrogging Essex man Mark Ilott when Alan Igglesden pulled out injured , but had two catches dropped by Graeme Hick , including Mark Taylor early in his match-winning innings . |
| 8 | Thus the kingdom of God was not some impossible dream , but had all the authority of evolution behind it — a notion similar to that of the French Jesuit , Teilhard de Chardin . |
| 9 | We had n't managed to get any speakers this year but had all enjoyed the previous meeting in Oc in October . |
| 10 | ‘ We did magnificently but had one mad moment — the one thing you should n't do against Liverpool is to give John Barnes a free-kick in that position . ’ |
| 11 | It is perhaps worth making the point ( for readers who are just beginning their enquiries into the history of this period ) that a lord did not usually own all the land on his manor but had certain defined rights , which differed from place to place and even between neighbouring settlements . |
| 12 | They were no bigger than leaf monkeys , but had black caps and a line of black fur about the eyes , giving them an oddly human look . |
| 13 | Jane Webber , a sixty-six-year-old spinster , was the keeper of another house ; she earned a shilling a week but had eight lodgers . |
| 14 | Wasps , defending the only unblemished record in Division One , lacked their usual buzz , but had former England international Huw Davies 's try to thank for a 10–6 win over spirited London Scottish . |
| 15 | She tried to count to ten , and tried even harder to remember what that astrologer had said to her , but had that astrologer really known what she was talking about anyway ? |
| 16 | His eyes were grey-green , like Finn 's , but had warm brown flecks in them and looked straight and candid ahead , as though they saw too directly to look from side to side . |
| 17 | In a third house lived a deserted woman — " her husband lives from her " ; she had two children out at service but had five still living at home . |
| 18 | She wore no make-up but had classic features , a straight nose , full lips and fine eyes . |
| 19 | Doctors like Meryl Armitage , who was n't even particularly intellectually gifted , but had pleasant manners , a pair of compelling green eyes — and youth . |
| 20 | They put down sawdust but had insufficient to deal with the flooding to all areas of the factory . |
| 21 | Seventeen children failed to achieve remission but had chronic intestinal symptoms despite treatment throughout their course . |
| 22 | I wanted to reply to your star letter about the lady who wanted to work but had small children and found it difficult . |
| 23 | Their degree of preference for one party Over others had an important influence upon the usefulness-ratings they gave the media for helping them decide how to Vote ( those with clear preferences found the media less useful for that purpose ) but had little or no influence on other aspects of usefulness-ratings . |
| 24 | Britain 's first application was tabled in august , just after the Kuwait crisis , but had little effect on Defence policy at the time , because negotiations were relatively short-lived . |
| 25 | A university steeped in classical , historical , and literary traditions was not unfriendly to science but had little awareness of the growing cost of high level scientific research , and even , perhaps , in some quarters reservations about its importance . |
| 26 | Many such leaders were locally well-known , even notorious , but had little political experience or skill , or even interest . |
| 27 | Once or twice he had confided in colleagues , who were sympathetic but had little personal experience of such illnesses which , in any case , were not in their field and Brian had become increasingly reserved , his life revolving round his work , his son and a wife with whom he had difficulty in communicating . |
| 28 | Munson , whose previous first team outings had been confined to a handful of pre-season friendlies , may well get his chance of a Football League debut before the end of the season , but had little to do against the Norwegian Division Three champions . |
| 29 | A Tokyo conference in November 1943 of leaders from nominally independent Southeast Asian countries was supposed to strengthen solidarity and cooperation , but had little impact either in Japan or in Southeast Asia itself . |
| 30 | Widows ' and orphans ' pensions were not greeted with enthusiasm outside women 's organizations , who supported them but had little influence . |