Example sentences of "but [pron] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 've done a generalised thing that could be adapted . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of bad things have been said but I 've fulfilled a lifelong dream this season for which I 've worked very hard . ’ |
| 3 | Just but I 've got a sore back as well . |
| 4 | I 'm not trying to sound humble , but I 've got a small house because it 's all I need . |
| 5 | I was about three then , but I 've got a new one now . |
| 6 | ‘ But I 've got a good caddie , who grew up here and is very good with yardage and club selection . |
| 7 | But I 've got a good idea about one thing : that little miss upstairs knows more than she lets on . |
| 8 | But I 've got a good sense of design , and I like the contact with customers . |
| 9 | It 's no good having them , but I 've got a blue kitchen in my house , I wo I wo n't pay seven hundred quid anyway , that 's not bad for the money even if they were only six seventy quid |
| 10 | But I 've got a rough idea where it 'll go anyway . |
| 11 | And if a builder gon na go down there you say , Well look I 've got one down here but I 've got a prime slot |
| 12 | Adam may have fallen for your charms , but I 've got a clear head and I 'm immune . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I said , ‘ Forgive me , madam , but I 've got a blasted son myself , and I know what they 're like . |
| 14 | Yeah , but I 've got a bad knee remember have n't I ? |
| 15 | that telly was mine but I 've got a lovely picture when I used to have it in the kitchen . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 've got a little job to do . |
| 17 | I do find it a bit of a you know I enjoy my game of darts , I enjoy handicraft and I 'm quite willing to , to it all , I shall see my back bedroom with all that stuff in it , God knows what , erm and get their tea and biscuits , but I 've got a little committee as well that help me . |
| 18 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 19 | ‘ Ards have been out of the picture since then but I 've enjoyed a good Irish Cup record at my other clubs , getting to the final three times as a player and twice as Larne 's manager . |
| 20 | I have n't had time to get it up on the machine to change again quickly but I 've had a quick look at the situation with regard to the five per cent increase . |
| 21 | I know what it 's like these days — we 're all stretched as far as we can go ’ — he sighed — ‘ but I 've had a little think and I see a way round it for you . |
| 22 | I should have been discharged earlier but I had developed a cold and they insisted I stay until it had completely cleared up . |
| 23 | I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred . |
| 24 | Quite right ; but I 'd had a vague recollection , and looked it up , and although the shirt of the centaur Nessus , saturated as it was in his poisoned blood , had caused Hercules no end of pain … |
| 25 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't take any notice of him , but I have got a nice meat pie here for you . |
| 27 | But I have come a long way since then |
| 28 | A company with similar beginnings to Star but which has taken a different direction is ACT , based in Birmingham . |
| 29 | Well , when you 've got all the big names , and the Dennis Taylors , the Jimmy Whites , both who 've won it before , Jimmy has n't been playing too well recently , but you 've got a whole clutch of players who could well come through and surprise everybody . |
| 30 | Ah but you 've got a British passport . |