Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I managed to drive out of the hospital but I had to stop the car and was violently sick . |
| 2 | They did n't arrest me , but I had to leave the college . |
| 3 | But I had to face the fact that most of the pupils were completely untouched by every part of the curriculum . |
| 4 | ‘ But I had to buy the hat and tie . |
| 5 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 6 | ‘ But I had to make the effort , on behalf of the Division . |
| 7 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |
| 8 | The connection between enjoyment and a spontaneous welcoming of awareness is logically necessary , for it would be contradictory to say ‘ I intensely enjoyed the sensation , but I had to make an effort to be much aware of it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But I had to keep an eye on things . ’ |
| 10 | But I had to get an appointment , I had to get something I I put hot water |
| 11 | ‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The old lady comes here too sometimes , but I have to bring the chair through the back . |
| 13 | The government feels it can rely on er auditors to protect the interests of share holders and the creditors and the other stake holders but I have to tell the minister that that reliance which is now er strengthened by the regulations b by the er the order today has always proved er inadequate in the er in in the past er because poor auditing practices always get covered up , there 's no way for anybody to know how bad or how good er the audit is as long as a company er survives and we have n't developed in this country , the proper institutional framework to regulate auditors er effectively and to actually make them er er accountable . |
| 14 | She 's really beginning to annoy me but I have to get the job done : I just want to go back downstairs . |
| 15 | But I have to look the part . |
| 16 | I note what the hon. Gentleman says , but I have to make the point that it will not be possible to keep any design capability , any warship-building capability or any manufacturing capability for the sort of defence components that we need unless the Government are prepared to fund the defence programme at a sensible level . |
| 17 | I would answer that we are talking about a change of use but I have to add the reminder that the largest area inside the city is currently British Rail land . |
| 18 | But I have to admit the idea of getting married in Ireland scares me . |
| 19 | ‘ But I have to phone the hospital first . ’ |
| 20 | But I have to keep an eye on prices . |
| 21 | But I have to keep the reality and the horror at bay . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But I have to know the truth . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Mum , I hate to do this , I really do , but I have to know the truth . ’ |
| 25 | And people think that you work when you like , when it fits in , like , with homework , but I have to work every minute to make enough to make it worthwhile . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 27 | But you had to get every word right of course . |
| 28 | The bath , you had a bath room with a bath on the wall but you had to heat the water on a at the kitchen the kitchen fire . |
| 29 | Yeah , but you had to pass an examination , did n't you ? |
| 30 | ‘ Our crowds for the Anglo-Italian Cup will probably be better than for Zenith Cup matches but you have to reach the final to make real money out of it . ’ |