Example sentences of "but i [vb past] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately . |
| 2 | But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business . |
| 3 | It was lateish when Paul Seddon had gone , nearly eleven o'clock , but I wanted to have a word with Miss Macdonald . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But I found having a child had put enormous strains on the marriage . |