Example sentences of "but [noun] had [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 Magnus had boring chicken-pox and Claire ignored me . |
| 3 | But authorities had differing aims for the green belt . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Michelle , Valerie and June were jumping for the first time , but Kay had two charity parachute jumps under her belt already . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But Neil had other ideas . |
| 8 | The Club claimed that this was because the premises were licensed but fans had other interpretations . |
| 9 | But Courtney had other ideas . |
| 10 | they tried to get the score moving as best they could … but Derbyshire had different ideas … |
| 11 | But Haig had persuasive arguments to support his inflexible resolve . |
| 12 | Both fell before the end but Boycott had another century under his belt as the score reached 234 for 3 . |
| 13 | But Hendry had more reasons to smile as he reached the mid-session interval with a vital 3-1 advantage . |
| 14 | But Adam had this idea of phoning his mother to tell her he would n't be back that night . |
| 15 | The Orcs began to loot and pillage in their usual fashion , but Gorbad had other plans . |
| 16 | But Curbishley had few worries about beating Sunderland once they had had Kay sent off for foolishly retaliating against Walsh . |
| 17 | There was a game on then … but Chesterfield had other ideas … they looked a smart outfit while United have still got a bit of catching up to do … the third goal from Norris highlighted the difference between the two teams … |
| 18 | ‘ But Springall had powerful friends at court and in the church . |
| 19 | He looked to the playmaster for help , but Garvey had one hand behind his back , spread as if to say , ‘ Do n't move . ’ |
| 20 | But Dowd had urgent news . |
| 21 | But man had this animal desire within him to do what Mr Lion did to Mrs. Lion but he had no mate to fulfil his desire . |
| 22 | London seemed to be the obvious next step , but Clayton had other ideas . |
| 23 | Blacks and Asians had more offences of violence than Whites , but Whites had more burglary and criminal damage . |
| 24 | But Helmut had another idea in mind for me : ‘ Apply in writing — good paper , neat handwriting — to Harrods and Fortnum 's . |
| 25 | She was faintly conscious of being manoeuvred into a defensive situation she did n't deserve , but Karl had one arm hung over the side of the car , his sleeve rolled up to reveal a hard masculine arm and his brown eyes were smiling , one eyebrow slightly raised in an amused sort of way . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought he 'd be man enough to — ’ but Leith had other things on her mind and wasted no time cutting in and going into orbit . |
| 27 | But Saracens had different ideas . |
| 28 | We were all dressed in the regulation issue khaki overalls , but Waters had three stripes on his sleeves in case we did n't know what a sergeant was . |
| 29 | But Baldwin had less occasion to feel it than most . |
| 30 | Through the gap in the curtains , also casement cloth , a romantic moon shone down on her , but Sally-Anne had little interest in romance or the moon . |