Example sentences of "but he had [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tug found it repulsive , but he had not the energy to resist and he let Doyle lead him upstairs as a father leads a child . |
| 2 | He tried to fight it , but he had not the strength . |
| 3 | Farrel mimicked Lowell 's pedantic voice inside his head , but he had n't the guts to initiate a confrontation . |
| 4 | For the first time in all his journeys he found a room that was completely empty , but he had n't the time to investigate it , or any of the others he entered . |
| 5 | He knew that he could have carried the coffee into the comparative serenity of his study but he had n't the courage to get to his feet . |