Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television .
2 ‘ Nothing about the local connection yet but I 've had a word with the boys at Penzance .
3 Very minor on the scale of things but I 've had a car stolen , erm great inconvenience , ca n't believe its going to happen to you , did n't do any thing to have caused this , locked up and took all the precautions , and yet it still happened and some one , some where out there has my car .
4 Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises .
5 He The gaffer felt I was upset because I was not in the side , but I 've had a virus .
6 But I 've had the story checked out , Sally .
7 It 's a bit stiff still but I 've had the stitches out and still no pain . ’
8 But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining .
9 That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately .
10 But I 'd had no sleep and I was feeling it got worse .
11 But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business .
12 But I 'd had the foresight to build up a formidable stockpile and there 's no imminent danger of running out of my favourite footwear .
13 But I 'd had the taste .
14 I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself
15 So it 's a continually renewing effort , I believe , er , but I like to have the contribution of some of my colleagues , as to what they feel th the roles are .
16 It was lateish when Paul Seddon had gone , nearly eleven o'clock , but I wanted to have a word with Miss Macdonald .
17 ‘ You probably do n't believe it , ’ Christine offered with a sneer , ‘ but I do have a conscience . ’
18 I am neither very old nor at all senile , Isabel Lavender thought , but I do have a sister who is selfish and easily led , and in this world , none of us are safe from the navy-blue ambulance .
19 I ca n't play one personally but I do have a lady in my band who 's who can , very very good accordion player who assures me she can play a zither as well you see .
20 ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain .
21 ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping .
22 But I do have a headache , ’ Paige responded stolidly .
23 Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children .
24 If however , you 're confused about anything this afternoon , or you want more information about , you know , managing time and so on , give me a call please , er , my number is and er , I may not be there , but I do have an answerphone , and I will get back to you as soon as I can .
25 Normally this might earn me an interview without coffee with my Flight Commander , but I do have an excuse for arriving at work an hour later than usual — Gazelle Flight were night-flying last night .
26 But I do have an apology to make , ’ she confessed unsteadily , digging her nails into the palm of her hand in her lap as his eyes narrowed on her face .
27 Now , I was never a good getter-up but I do have the excuse that I often retire very late , particularly if I have a visitor in the afternoon and need to get a bit of washing or something done at night when it is possible to get on with it without interruptions .
28 I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight .
29 I 've wished then that I could say honestly , ‘ But I did have a child of my own , a little boy by the only man I have truly loved . ’
30 Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though
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