Example sentences of "but have a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The marked language of the Miller 's Tale , swyve and pisse , is found again in the Reeve 's Tale ; fartynge is not named as such in the Reeve 's Tale , but is included with a circumlocution that uses a marked term we have seen in the Shipman 's Tale : The miller 's boast : is no doubt intended to be simply proverbial , but has a richly ironic meaning in light of the " beard " that Absolon finds upon obtaining his kiss from Alison ( 3730 – 43 ) .
2 Indirect sex discrimination occurs when an unjustifiable requirement or condition is applied equally to both sexes , but has a disproportionately adverse effect on one sex because the proportion of one sex which can comply with it is much smaller than the proportion of the other sex which can comply with it .
3 It places the gallery firmly in the mould of Acquavella , Pace or Gagosian , but has a more exclusive focus and will neither represent nor deal in the work of younger contemporary artists .
4 Curd cheese is a low or medium fat cheese , very similar to cream cheese but having a more lactic flavour .
5 BETTER EXERCISE Nothing for it but to have a jolly good workout lifting one 's leg .
6 My mum 's the sort of person who 'll just argue with anything , if she thinks she 'll argue with anybody , or anything if she thinks that she 's being swindled , so like , she even went to the extent of having , they , we had an extension built , right , and she , we had it , only fair 's fair , this one particular suite , we had erm , and they , they had this absolutely massive bathroom built , okay not specifically to have a nicer bathroom , but to have a very big room and erm , so they had two sinks , this sounds real extravagant , erm ,
7 John is sparse of frame and comment but had a very dry humour .
8 In many respects they were not deceived by the images of life portrayed in women 's literature but had a very realistic idea of what married life held in store for them .
9 HEARSAY-II ( Erman & Lesser 1980 ) used the same constrained vocabulary and grammar as HARPY but had a more flexible architecture .
10 It is equally clear that the antonym of namely was not confined to a class of medrese , as in all likelihood was , or came to be , but had a much wider usage as an essentially geographical term .
11 When compared to bradykinin , the PDGF-induced formation of InsP 3 was much slower , and the resulting calcium response was not only smaller but had a much longer latency .
12 After 40 moves , he had regained one of the pawns , but had a miserably passive position to defend .
13 For those attending Executive Course IV who wish to gain the most from their course but have a very limited time in London , we can also arrange for the student to have lunch every day with a teacher and to attend a range of social/cultural activities in the evenings with a teacher .
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