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 . |