Example sentences of "but i have a [noun] " in BNC.

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31 I thought I 'd gone before I came out of my house but I had a feeling when I nearly got to their school that I ought to have again .
32 Yeah we did but I had a feeling we were late last year
33 But I had a method .
34 Well I I was eleven but by the time but I had a birthday , you see , er in the summer and er er well August actually and so when I started at Stowmarket I was twelve , you see , and er and er I was at Stowmarket School and scholarship for four years and er well I do n't know whether I really liked school , did you ?
35 But I had a lot to learn when I went to school — like
36 ‘ I bought about six stretchsuits for James , but I had a lot as presents .
37 But I had a lot to drink and that 's that time I was telling you about .
38 I hate to have to admit it , but I had a disaster the other week at a class .
39 But I had a prize from and it was the most awful book
40 ‘ I 've been rather avoiding the flat except to call in once or twice to pick up mail , but I 'd a letter this morning from Rachel .
41 I wear contact lenses usually , but I have a pair of glasses which are now about seven years old .
42 But I have a garrison to command .
43 But I have a plan , ’ said Nisodemus .
44 But I have a couple of scenes in which a black man has a gun in his hand , and if a black man wields a gun , automatically people wan na start arresting folks .
45 ‘ That 's very good , Belinda , ’ Tom Russell answered mildly , ‘ but I have a couple of other matters to discuss with him , concerning another diabetic patient .
46 ‘ Both my parents are dead , but I have a stepmother and a half-brother , Rob .
47 " I do this , " Madame Rochard said later , " but I have a warning for you .
48 But I have a way for that …
49 ‘ Excuse me , sir , but I have a message to convey to you . ’
50 ‘ I have n't got one , but I have a hunch that Delia Forbes may be involved in some way .
51 Well there 's handicraft , but I have a committee .
52 I , I 'm a general practitioner and I would like to back up initially what the convenor has said about the study pack that has come on child abuse but I have a question .
53 He stopped as he heard her gasp , then went on steadily , ‘ But I have a question to which I 'd like to know the answer .
54 The occasion is famous , the protagonists are distinguished ; Scipio Aemilianus crying over burning Carthage , Polybius suitably present and ready to elicit the right answer : turning round to me at once and grasping my hand , Scipio said : " A glorious moment , Polybius , but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced upon my own country " " ( 38.21.1 , transl .
55 but I have a pact with salt water
56 But I have a complaint .
57 But I have a lifetime exemption for the tour-nament . ’
58 It would be a pity , but I have a lifetime exemption at Augusta , I can play in the tournament for the rest of my life . ’
59 ‘ I do n't wish to appear ungrateful or offensive but I have a job to get back to — ’
60 The odds are that he is no longer alive , but I have a silk thread hanging in there with God that he is still alive .
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