Example sentences of "but [pron] have have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've had the story checked out , Sally . |
| 2 | It 's a bit stiff still but I 've had the stitches out and still no pain . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But I 'd had the taste . |
| 5 | Suppose that I point at a chair and say ‘ By ‘ chair ’ I mean that ’ , nothing in what I have done creates the desired meaning for the word ‘ chair ’ unless I can further characterise what it is about the object I am pointing to that I am taking as relevant ; for example , I might say ‘ that sort of furniture ’ , and this would improve matters , but I have to have the concept of furniture first . |
| 6 | The boys were big time , but we had to have the sound system , the lighting , the stage — everything had to move at the pace of David 's imagination . |
| 7 | But Carol and I never seem to get time to be able to do these things on each other , but we have had the treatment so we do know that massage really does help you to relax . |
| 8 | The brother-in-law , the girl 's uncle , did not contest the father 's authority but he had had the girl 's company long enough for him to feel he could n't bear his house without her . |
| 9 | True , even with those drawbacks , NATO functions well , but it has had the advantage of 350,000 American service men and ourselves , all of whom speak a common language . |
| 10 | I mean in my opinion that 's a good thing , but it 's had the effect of school governors , not having had any training in appointing people , have this sort of stereotyped model in their mind and tend to give promotion to men rather than to women . |