Example sentences of "but [noun] [noun prp] had [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ma Katz had got out of her rocking chair , and the preacherman had stared at her through the mummy 's glass eyes . |
| 2 | Stuart Rimmer fired City ahead at Millmoor but David Pugh had to equalise twice . |
| 3 | There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible . |
| 4 | But Mrs. Pridmore had seized gratefully on a familiar name . |
| 5 | But Mr O'Brien had to resign abruptly last summer when he became the subject of a grand-jury investigation into possible illegal loans from a military sub-contractor . |
| 6 | They 'd been in it only a year , but Mrs Yardley had lavished as much effort on it as she had on her beautiful cake . |
| 7 | But George Felse had come halfway to meet her . |
| 8 | As a precaution they had both been admitted to hospital , but Sean Walsh had driven up and got Benny discharged . |
| 9 | But Tsu Ma had turned already and was wading out into the deeper water . |