Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] have a [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 | 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 |
| 7 | ‘ You probably do n't believe it , ’ Christine offered with a sneer , ‘ but I do have a conscience . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | But I do have a headache , ’ Paige responded stolidly . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ But I have had a child , and although he 's gone , that love , that joy will stay with me forever . |
| 15 | I am not claiming it is my doing , but I have had a hand in the fact that four years ago and two years ago and again this year we have had exhibitions by living sculptors . |
| 16 | But I have had a letter erm explaining where the billboards are in our area and how much they cost . |
| 17 | I would n't have known myself , but I happen to have a pair of ears in that establishment . |
| 18 | Perhaps doing Shakespeare spoils you for that , but I think having a text that is good is important . |
| 19 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
| 20 | which we need to be and once we get into the rhythm I 'm sure it 'll all be a lot easier but you seem to have a calmness about your how you speak which is good and you know I 'm sure I 'll go to pieces but erm yeah it was just , and what I 've picked up on as you say where it 's er how did you come to Friends Provident bum de bum de bum , we 're going through erm a structured erm spiel if you like and then they 're saying well I do n't really wan na give you any you know , recommendations at this moment and erm what we should do there is , is I suppose apack that is n't it ? |
| 21 | But you have to have a fight to get in ! |
| 22 | ‘ But you do have a budget ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe you did n't have much choice in the matter , but you do have a habit of getting into situations like this , do n't you , Preston ? ’ |
| 24 | But you do have a right to be there and to be heard . |
| 25 | ‘ But you do have a boyfriend ? ’ he pursued . |
| 26 | Only a few privileged people have seen them , but we hope to have a set in the near future . |
| 27 | I said Just a minute but We 've had a Mrs . |
| 28 | Er that was automatic ninety th er November ninety three but we 've had a problem with them so we 're negotiating . |
| 29 | ‘ … embarrassing to have to trouble you like this , but we 've had a bit of bother with the sheep hereabouts . |
| 30 | Sorry to wake you at this hour but we 've had a host of tasks during the night . |