Example sentences of "but they have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had a good night 's sleep but they had a tremendous job waking up this morning . |
| 2 | But they had a Tsarist treasure hidden there — that desk set . |
| 3 | But they had a new headmaster oh he 's just retired , he 's been there been there since Lynn was there when since she was since the er she 's twice that age so I mean he must have been there eighteen years but when he went there he 's er totally the school from the word go |
| 4 | But they had a tiring game on Sunday , energy reserves began to run low and the tourists hit back with tries from Taewa ( 2 ) , Leota and Kuiti . |
| 5 | But they had a joint bank mortgage on the bungalow . |
| 6 | There were those who promoted the idea much earlier , but they had a limited following . |
| 7 | Villains they might be , but they had a certain code of practice and the rule was that you looked after your own kind . |
| 8 | They were also mainly peasant economies , but they had a significant number of industrial enterprises ( many of which were the ancestors of today 's ‘ organizations of associated labour ’ ) . |
| 9 | But they had a lively fear that enclosure might rob them of their valuable rights — rights which made a real difference to their standard and their mode of living — in the interests of the large freeholders and a corporation known to be corrupt . |
| 10 | His words were trivial — but they had an ominous sound . |
| 11 | But they had an early fright as Leigh took the lead after six minutes . |
| 12 | You said that the Blemleys were terribly boring people , but they had an excellent cook . ’ |
| 13 | B-trees are also multi-level indexes but they have a tree-structured index and perform much better ( particularly in the way they can absorb new records ) . |
| 14 | They 're not exactly specialist agencies but they have a great deal of experience and they have a commitment to a certain kind of research , and they have , I mean we 've had our run-ins with them as it were , but they have listened , and they 've supported some of our work as well , and I think that they in time will provide a kind of model as it were for a number of erm perhaps less experienced agencies throughout the world , newly set-up ones , as to how it is possible to do consistently good logical rational work in the face of the chaos that a disaster produces . |
| 15 | Chemical companies may posture regret , but they have a vested interest in increasing Third World sales , as markets in industrialized countries are shrinking . |
| 16 | Professional counsellors faced with the same client would be clear that it is their task to explore emotions and they allocate the time to do it ; social workers have the mixed task of practical and emotional support but they have a restricted caseload and the time to build up a relationship . |
| 17 | ‘ True , but they have a pleasant time in the sun while they 're about it . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , as this book points out , some of the alternatives may look good on paper but they have a long way to go before they can match the tokamak . |
| 19 | But they have a long way to recover . |
| 20 | They 're not nice people in a way , but they have a certain dignity about them . |
| 21 | They 're not nice people in a way , but they have a certain dignity about them . |
| 22 | ‘ They like a drink but they have a weird attitude to anything else . ’ |
| 23 | Management development and training may be needed to support change , but they have a supporting role . |
| 24 | But they have a different numbering system on the continent . |
| 25 | ( The only competitor to this would be the snakeheads , but they have a potential size at least twice that of Hoplias . ) |
| 26 | They are not binding on the judges , but they have a persuasive authority where judicial choice is possible . |
| 27 | Only tiny amounts of essential oils are used but they have a big effect |
| 28 | Shawcross raises these questions within the context of disaster relief but they have a broader setting . |
| 29 | Not only is there no aggression but they have a whole repertoire of gestures — walking with their arms round each other 's shoulders , holding hands — which , in the West , are all gestures reserved for romantic relationships with girlfriends . |
| 30 | They are not competent to make business judgments but they have a special skill in detecting and thwarting management self-dealing . |