Example sentences of "but [noun prp] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car ran out of control and all three were stretchered to hospital ; Law was fortunate but Baker had a broken nose and a badly injured eye . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't realize it until yesterday , but Georgina has a personal stake in Yorick 's success . |
| 3 | But Steven had a b-i-g problem , because he had spent his whole life in Never Never , a land not best known for its grasp of real life , and his idea of what went on in the world outside was limited to the hazy notions he had picked up … from the movies . |
| 4 | They visited the same city , perhaps the same places , and spent the same amount of money — but Joy had a marvellous time , while Gloom was thoroughly miserable from start to finish . |
| 5 | But Maggie had a warm heart and she looked for the best in people . |
| 6 | But Scotland has a long way to go before the symbiosis of locals and visitors becomes a reality . |
| 7 | We have n't we were just gon na look at it but Jane has a technical knock , not speaking to each other |
| 8 | Oxford remain marginal favourites but Cambridge have a slight weight advantage and could also have just enough extra pace to take charge . |
| 9 | Maybe the fee is debatable but Sellars has a good touch . |
| 10 | Now his Silverhill Colliery is one of 10 given a High Court reprieve — but Martin has a different reason for smiling . |
| 11 | Work in something of a muddle , but Vicky has a great eye for detail . |
| 12 | A blaster 's laser could cut through some metals , but Ace had a nasty feeling that even if the material above her proved susceptible , she might expend her entire powerpack on it without much effect . |
| 13 | There had been other collapses , there were little ones all the time , and big ones too like the ‘ Tim and Teddy ’ shops ' rapid demise ( which had been simply because of their slovenly accounting ) , but Rose had a special place . |
| 14 | They arrive in Dorset and Kevin sets up the tent , but Sharon has a different idea . |
| 15 | Sunday 's derby game at Newcastle could come too soon for Owers but Bennett has a real chance of being fit . |
| 16 | There is no dinner but Lewes has a good range of restaurants . |
| 17 | The horse was young for a chaser and did n't have much in the way of form — but Barry had a hot tip . |
| 18 | But Hawaii had a natural defence against this brand of surfing imperialism : the big waves of winter and the Eddie Aikau . |
| 19 | But Charles had a nagging feeling that , however Marius Steen was tarted up in death , his corpse would not lie down . |
| 20 | But Charles had a nagging fear that it was n't that , that Michael Banks really was trying , that he did go through the lines time after time in the evenings , but that his mind could no longer retain them . |
| 21 | But Paul had a full-time job . |
| 22 | But Chris has a four-day conference on 7 June , and Matty has to go to Malmö to examine a machine that cleans deep-fat fryers on 2 June . |
| 23 | True , Llanelli are in superb form at the moment , but Pontypridd had a good result at Stradey Park earlier in the season and they should not go into the game with any shortage of confidence . |
| 24 | ‘ Yesterday his father said there was no brain damage but Tony has a severe gash on the top of his head . ’ |