Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When we were seven or eight we could clear the place up as good as my Mum … but I 've seen some girls — like my aunt 's little girl and she 's fifteen , she 's just hopeless .
2 got it somewhere in this house but I 've told some chap , a bit of a Welsh there er I said , Now but it was Welsh there . . .
3 I only wish I had time to stay and talk , but I 've got some paperwork to get through right now . ’
4 but I 've got some left of that beef , so
5 ‘ All right , ’ she said , making a face at him , ‘ I know I ai n't much to look at , but I 've had some blokes fancy me . ’
6 But I had to have some excuse , you see .
7 I 'm not a writer but I have done some singing , and so we met up and decided to do some songs , with a conscious effort to keep it basic-sounding , and showcase Lola 's voice .
8 ‘ I thought of that but I have made some enquiries .
9 The diet is , of course , low fat but I have introduced some foods previously forbidden , such as the occasional egg , a little salmon , mackerel or tuna ( in brine ) and occasionally even a little ice cream .
10 But you 've done some thing tonight , you know .
11 But you 've got some time to wake up have n't you ?
12 But you have to have some level of arousal has to be something pumping round you round your blood your brain has to be working in some way to be able to perform .
13 But she had to give some thought to him , too .
14 Let's see , I very rarely have money , but we 've got some money .
15 Not here , but we 've got some spares
16 But we 've got some lemonade and things like that .
17 But we have made some progress , Sir John .
18 They were only eating what remained of the summer 's grass , but they had struck some chord in Mrs Monro .
19 I do n't know exactly how or where , but they 've got some sort of plan and they 're alive . ’
20 but they 'd got some people coming and were very relieved when he said he 'd get a minicab to Reading .
21 But they have spread some way beyond their original site , and suckers and seedlings ( including a wonderful cherry-plum with round , thick , orange fruit ) crop up for hundreds of yards along the hedge .
22 Dippy Martin had not seen anyone but he had spent some time at the top of the lane .
23 He wanted to leave now too , but he had to make some kind of contact with the dead man first .
24 Peter : What he 's done today is buy himself a little time , his troubles are n't over , Mrs Thatcher still casts her shadow over this conference he still has problems inside and outside the cabinet but he has bought some time .
25 London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it .
26 But it has upset some shopkeepers whose deliveries have been disrupted , and disabled drivers who say they ca n't get into town .
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