Example sentences of "but [pers pn] do have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You probably do n't believe it , ’ Christine offered with a sneer , ‘ but I do have a conscience . ’ |
| 2 | I am neither very old nor at all senile , Isabel Lavender thought , but I do have a sister who is selfish and easily led , and in this world , none of us are safe from the navy-blue ambulance . |
| 3 | I ca n't play one personally but I do have a lady in my band who 's who can , very very good accordion player who assures me she can play a zither as well you see . |
| 4 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
| 5 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 6 | But I do have a headache , ’ Paige responded stolidly . |
| 7 | Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ But you do have a budget ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe you did n't have much choice in the matter , but you do have a habit of getting into situations like this , do n't you , Preston ? ’ |
| 14 | But you do have a right to be there and to be heard . |
| 15 | ‘ But you do have a boyfriend ? ’ he pursued . |
| 16 | She has no refrigerator or washing machine , but she does have a vacuum cleaner . |
| 17 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 18 | No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sure you 're right — but we do have a problem , ’ she told him nervously . |
| 20 | But we do have a measure of optimism that they might reflect themselves in further years like ninety two/ninety three and onwards . |
| 21 | But we do have a committee nevertheless . |
| 22 | But we do have a responsibility for value for money , and legality issues as well , and appendix eight of our paper actually summarises in brief form the work that we 've undertaken on your behalf this year . |
| 23 | ‘ We do not have too many Woosnams , ’ said Mr Schofield , ‘ but we do have a lot of Fehertys and Montgomeries and for them to have survived one of the greatest tests is testimony to how strong we are becoming . ’ |
| 24 | But we do have a number of private accounts as well , where people buy a lot of flowers and prefer to pay their bills once a month . ’ |
| 25 | Er , it is n't just Alton Towers , it 's whether you should get discounts on Penguin Books it was whether you got , er , bottles of Chateau le Tour erm it , it requests for many different things and , er , you know , alright er , it we could , we could , if Alton Towers seemed to be what , er , all shareholders wanted er , perhaps we , we could consider that but , but , but we do have a number of a attractive products . |
| 26 | But we did have a church near us , and that church had a school . |
| 27 | But we did have a lot of fun . ’ |
| 28 | Looks , of course , are n't everything , but they do have a bearing when it comes to choosing an instrument , and the Carlton 's sales figures may speak for themselves in the months to come . |
| 29 | These are not very common and , as previously suggested , feature more often in preparatory work than in the actual research , but they do have a place . |
| 30 | But they do have a gut feeling that abortion is a moral issue . |