Example sentences of "but we 've [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
2 | We do n't have any factories or co-ops here in Alcala , but we 've got a marvellous football field . |
3 | But we 've got a young side at Cardiff now and it 's good for them to play against these players , to see that they 're only human beings after all . ’ |
4 | But we 've got a decent geezer now . ’ |
5 | We 've always been close , but we 've got a different relationship now . |
6 | But we 've got a massive sackful of stuff and no one had left us a forwarding address and the landlady had n't been to us about any of them . |
7 | There should really be a comma there but we 've got a funny twist to the rule we do n't put comma before the and do n't put a comma before the and . |
8 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
9 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
10 | ‘ But we 've had a great laugh , in fact it 's like a holiday in the north . |
11 | They 're really down now , but we 've had a little taste of Europe and the best way to get back in is to start winning League games again . |
12 | But we 've added a few you see and we 're concerned about the spots . |