Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a mobile phone but I could n't get any international calls . ’ |
| 2 | I had a wee office but it was kind |
| 3 | I had a moderate start but came through very fast over the last half of the race to win . |
| 4 | Out popped a very strange gentleman from this aircraft that I noticed had American markings , but I still did not know what the aircraft was , I had a vague idea but I was not sure . |
| 5 | I had a wild thought but dismissed it : Had Benjamin killed Irvine ? |
| 6 | I was gon na say have you had a nice Christmas but we saw you last week ! |
| 7 | She had a good idea but did it matter ? |
| 8 | She acknowledged that she had a bad temper but recently she had felt so angry that she had hit the younger child repeatedly around the head and shoulders , bruising him . |
| 9 | You might get a real bad one and then you had a rough time but mostly they gave way and very often , if you got a drunk , another policeman saw you were having some difficulty . |
| 10 | If you have a big hole but only tiny little voltage then you wo n't get much going through . |
| 11 | Okay so we 've looked at how to ensure you have a happy retirement but what would happen to your family if you were to die before that ? |
| 12 | We had a good journey but it was tiring . |
| 13 | The morning crew were a little surprised to find they had a new colleague but none of them was unduly perturbed by the intrusion . |
| 14 | It was held that they had a sufficient interest but the Court of Appeal said they had no arguable ground . |
| 15 | They have a serious side but they must have a lighter side as well , must n't they ? |
| 16 | Uncle wanted me to have a twenty-first party but 1 August is an inconvenient date because it 's usually in the middle of haytiming , so we did n't bother . |
| 17 | Any busy person will recall that he has a particular engagement but will have only a sparse internal record of when this commitment will arise , hence the importance of a diary . |
| 18 | He has a well-paid job but he expects her to pay for the family car |
| 19 | True , it has a second lens but this one is of a mere 50mm focal length — too similar to the standard 35mm lens to make much of a difference . |
| 20 | It has a soft texture but is firm enough in lump form to be sawn or broken into smaller pieces as required . |
| 21 | Now the Presbyterian Church as the Church of Scotland enjoys a unique place in Scottish life and its structures it has a privileged place but I would suggest to you it has also therefore a number of responsibilities and one , I would suggest in this case , is to try and ensure that these local regional teams are in place . |
| 22 | It had a tiny foyer but a wide stage , proper lights and about two hundred seats . |
| 23 | I was better at maths and science and practical things — you only had to show him a lathe in the metal workshop for him to pretend he had a fainting fit but when he wanted to beat me , he beat me . |
| 24 | He was about my age ( though he looked it ) but taller and stringier than me and he had a close-cropped beard but no moustache , which is usually a bad sign . |
| 25 | Admittedly he had a fine attack but he welded it together . |