Example sentences of "but [noun] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Lisa had less time for her , and was meeting new people , refining a way of living that even a year ago she would have claimed to despise . |
| 2 | But driver has dodgy implications if you 're a copper . |
| 3 | But differentiation has another meaning as well and this gives me hope . |
| 4 | But Magnus had boring chicken-pox and Claire ignored me . |
| 5 | But authorities had differing aims for the green belt . |
| 6 | ‘ Bradford Northern 's Deryck Fox is another scrum-half I admire , but Goulding has more sting in his play . |
| 7 | But Ian has another idea . |
| 8 | The Poles had nurtured the hope that the French would restore the old Polish state with Danzig attached as before , but Napoleon had other ideas . |
| 9 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 10 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 11 | But Neil had other ideas . |
| 12 | The Club claimed that this was because the premises were licensed but fans had other interpretations . |
| 13 | But rhythm has two syllables , but only one vowel(y) . |
| 14 | But Courtney had other ideas . |
| 15 | Our sense of smell may not be as advanced as most animals ' but aromas have huge effect on our mental and physical states . |
| 16 | As yet there is usually a reluctance to follow the Psalmist in including the negative aspects of human emotion , but songs have considerable potential for the expression of anger and sadness . |
| 17 | they tried to get the score moving as best they could … but Derbyshire had different ideas … |
| 18 | Its deep-sea prey have their eyes tuned to the blue ambient light , but Pachystomias has red-sensitive pigments . |
| 19 | But Haig had persuasive arguments to support his inflexible resolve . |
| 20 | But McHale has another option after taking former Bridlington Town keeper Ian Taylor on trial following his release from Fourth Division Carlisle United . |
| 21 | As far as the banks are concerned , they have no change in their balances in the Bank of England ( the government spends less money but then returns it to the banks by buying bills ) , but banks have fewer bills and hence fewer liquid assets . |
| 22 | It is early days yet , but Felcey has high expectations of ‘ Avron . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You have , ’ he said smiling , ‘ but impulsiveness has great charm and often great effect . ’ |
| 24 | Both fell before the end but Boycott had another century under his belt as the score reached 234 for 3 . |
| 25 | But Hendry had more reasons to smile as he reached the mid-session interval with a vital 3-1 advantage . |
| 26 | ‘ But Pwllheli has enormous potential to increase its earnings from tourism quite significantly . |
| 27 | But Adam had this idea of phoning his mother to tell her he would n't be back that night . |
| 28 | But farmers have short memories : within a couple of years economic stagnation had stemmed the labour outflow and even led ex-farm workers in some areas to ask for their former jobs back . |
| 29 | But LLNL has another string to its bow : it is a centre for particle beam technology under the ‘ Star Wars ’ initiative . |
| 30 | The Orcs began to loot and pillage in their usual fashion , but Gorbad had other plans . |