Example sentences of "but they have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Pauline was a few years older than Chris , who was 31 , but they had found mutual support and love , and together created the opportunity to live on their own .
2	‘ But they 've done wicked things . ’
3	Cos journalists in general , are a of what be described as a lazy breed , but they 've got tremendous demands on their time .
4	I 'm not saying they 're not willing , but they 've got other drags on them .
5	Only a dozen or so of the creeps in the black nighties , but they 've got heavy weapons .
6	John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive
7	I suppose they 're all alike but they 've put different ones on the outside .
8	But they 've found similar temples in other parts of the world , the same sort of arrangement of stones , so they think this religion must have been everywhere once . ’
9	And they 'd got some funny things but they 'd got foreign names and I thought well
10	But they have made startling progress since they started last November .
11	But they have coloured luminous markings or stripes down their backs .
12	In the early years of the republic these were factors of no great consequence , but they have assumed great importance since the movement of the United States on to the world stage in the twentieth century .
13	Not only must the cells differentiate into a wide variety of cell types such as cartilage and neurons , but they have to migrate long distances to very special sites in the embryo .
14	Their views are balanced , their visions diverse , but they have had interesting lives both here and abroad , and have each , in different measure contributed to society over and beyond their work ( one of my yardsticks of measuring people because of the effort involved ) .

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