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

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1 When we had just married our only gas consumption was the cooker , but we had a bill which would have enabled us to have cooked meals for the whole of Harrow .
2 But we had a look last night .
3 But we had a competitor and we had to act fast .
4 see but we had a head bag where they used to fold a sack in half or put one part through the other and put over the head .
5 Erm the judges , seventy five er and that 's ten pound less than last year , maybe because we 're struggling to get judges forty two pound for the trophies erm er , fifteen pound for the fish tank and plates at seventy five forty seven , crisps , eight seventy eight , which we struggled to sell we think you could sell crisps but we had a struggle .
6 well , sorry to interrupt , but we had a man that was very knowledgeable , with , I think gardens , and he 's a local man , er always turned up
7 Er , the figures in paragraph five are shown there , but we had a recognition of that additional duty , and a variety of other minor changes which I wo n't go into this morning , that came through at the same time .
8 But we had a job to get the tall one with the glass doors cos we had to turn it on its side cos it would n't go through the door , it stuck , what a performance doing that
9 ‘ We adopted her when she was a few years old but we had a difference of opinion and she left home , ’ said Mr Harrison , a policeman .
10 But we have a couple of bricks in
11 But we have a problem of our own here , Hugh , and even if the earl is only diverting himself , be sure Herluin is not .
12 It is my understanding that , after 1993 , the personal allowances will have to be given to the individual , but we have a problem .
13 But we have a range of emergency motions and one in particular that er will be a full motion on the Gulf which will develop our policy er further so that we can put a clear message across .
14 But we have a responsibility to deal with matters honestly , ’
15 And but we have a Lady , who is I suppose she about sixty five and she 's got really into the part of playing Lady .
16 ‘ Live exports will not be resumed within the next few months but we have a case to present , we have started to put it forward and the European Commission is sympathetic . ’
17 Well I strange erm accusation yes we will be , we would keep the council tax down if I am that that would be a popular message to give out and so having accepted our below er the guideline figures they did take this into consideration but we have a budget that has elements of growth in industry .
18 First of all , we 'd like to say we love reading your magazine , but we have a bit of a problem which we thought might worry other humans .
19 In one hospital in an area with a large proportion of Bangladeshis , the Hospital Secretary told me ‘ We rarely need interpreters but we have a list of members of staff who speak various foreign languages ’ — for Bengali there was a porter and a cook — both male .
20 According to the head teacher ‘ It may look very nice but we have a lot of difficult families and children . ’
21 Well , in theory up to an extent you are the answer which means that we have to buy less things , eat less , and , because we are you know that , I mean , I mean n I do n't want to , I mean I 'm not talking to anyone in particular , but we have a lot of very very big people and .
22 But we have a lot to do .
23 ‘ It 's only nine o'clock — but we have a lot to do this morning , ’ he said briskly .
24 But we have a lot
25 But we have a band of six to ten miles , is that right Mr ?
26 Rounding the east side of the island the sea gets a little choppier in the tideway but we have a grandstand view of a gannet being robbed by a great skua .
27 But we have a week to collect the kids from Cubs would n't it ?
28 But we have a son and we feel Penny would have expected us to get on with our lives . ’
29 But we have a number of players already challenging for places ahead of him and he will be given time to acclimatise . ’
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