Example sentences of "but he [verb] have a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He did not feel the presence of the dead poet in the room , but he did have a vague excited sense that any of these containers — the desk , the trunks , the hat-boxes , might contain some treasure like the faded letters in his own breast-pocket . |
| 2 | Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent . |
| 3 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 4 | It was not possible to construct a satisfactory double blind challenge but he did have a positive open challenge to pure ethanol . |
| 5 | But he did have a long-established base on which to build — and that was the British class system . |
| 6 | ‘ Not now , that 's true , but he did have an older brother , who died nine years ago . ’ |