Example sentences of "[noun] but [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 2 | She looked like a child but she had exceptional bone structure . |
| 3 | The win took the Republic back up to second place in the Group behind Spain on goal difference but they had enough chances to close the six-goal gap on the pace-setters . |
| 4 | They administered education in conformity with the law and the controls on grants for special places but they had considerable autonomy within those constraints . |
| 5 | Kitson 's views were derided by the establishment but he had important influence in both radical and lunatic fringe circles . |
| 6 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 7 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 8 | John did not have his brother Bobby 's ease on a platform but he had more integrity and honesty and he knew he had to do it . |
| 9 | Well the Germans was shelling and these B things but we had sixty pounder guns then . |
| 10 | A little gig It was n't a gig either , he did have a gig but he had this thing , a sort of long shaped er What would you call it ? |