Example sentences of "but i do have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You probably do n't believe it , ’ Christine offered with a sneer , ‘ but I do have a conscience . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | But I do have a headache , ’ Paige responded stolidly . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 9 | I 've wished then that I could say honestly , ‘ But I did have a child of my own , a little boy by the only man I have truly loved . ’ |
| 10 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 11 | Stupidly — but I did have a lot of luggage — cheeses , books for John and my hill boots — I did not take it out with me this trip . |