Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MIKE LESTER : ( Breaking in ) That 's all very well , but I 've another proposal entirely . |
| 2 | but I had that ages ago in one of my |
| 3 | But I had two brothers . |
| 4 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 5 | I did it willingly because I still loved his company so much , but I had little money . |
| 6 | I can not claim to have been a close friend , but I had occasional encounters with him and , as with most people , it would be more accurate to describe them as occasional brushes . |
| 7 | A doctor said it was an infested splinter , but I had stabbing pains there — and then , at night , as I lay in bed unable to get to sleep because of the pain , I could hear a munching sound . |
| 8 | Everybody wanted that , but I had some contacts , I knew I could get in there . |
| 9 | But I had some pain passing water today . ’ |
| 10 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 11 | I could have jumped up and battered his foot if I 'd wanted to , but I had more respect than that ! ’ |
| 12 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
| 13 | I know I mean I stayed with him but I had three kids . |
| 14 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 15 | But I had this polyneuritis coming on and I gr gradually went paralysed . |
| 16 | It had never been done before , but I had this premonition , and of course it proved true . ’ |
| 17 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
| 18 | But I have one word of advice to contributors to this debate . |
| 19 | I very much appreciate the honour of moving this motion , but I have one sadness — the fact that Alick Buchanan-Smith , a colleague and great personal friend of mine , a person who served this House , the Government and his constituency so well , is not with us today . |
| 20 | The above examples came from three different speakers from East London , but I have one example from South East London as well . |
| 21 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm sorry , but I have little sympathy for him . |
| 23 | But I have serious blackheads . |
| 24 | but I have two cheese sa two cheesy sandwiches , and col coleslaw for my dinner and erm I do n't have I have chicken on , on erm a , cos what you call it ? |
| 25 | But I have two reasons for choosing Fanny . |
| 26 | ‘ But I have two youngsters in Stuart Spruce and Paul Atcheson who will hopefully put Jonathan under pressure . |
| 27 | I know nothing of orchestration , but I have two ears ( which is two more than the professional critics seem to have ) … |
| 28 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 29 | But I have other responsibilities . |
| 30 | I take the squad to Holland every year and that is something I would like to see continued but I have other ideas which it may not be possible to put into practice . |