Example sentences of "but [pron] have [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have tried endless products which claim to remedy this , but nothing has any effect . |
| 2 | MIKE LESTER : ( Breaking in ) That 's all very well , but I 've another proposal entirely . |
| 3 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 4 | I did it willingly because I still loved his company so much , but I had little money . |
| 5 | But I had some pain passing water today . ’ |
| 6 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 7 | I could have jumped up and battered his foot if I 'd wanted to , but I had more respect than that ! ’ |
| 8 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 9 | But I had this polyneuritis coming on and I gr gradually went paralysed . |
| 10 | It had never been done before , but I had this premonition , and of course it proved true . ’ |
| 11 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
| 12 | But I have one word of advice to contributors to this debate . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The above examples came from three different speakers from East London , but I have one example from South East London as well . |
| 15 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm sorry , but I have little sympathy for him . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | But I have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to believe that we might prove this wrong . |
| 19 | But I have more chance of improving that than knocking 10 years off Gregory or adding speed to Fox . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , we had a quarrel , but I have more sense than to seek a confrontation . |
| 21 | But I have puckish news for you . |
| 22 | Some people think I am attempting the impossible , but I have enormous faith in the latent potential unexploited in this school . ’ |
| 23 | I suppose it 's possible you 've set tripwires , ’ he went on , ‘ but I have excellent night vision . ’ |
| 24 | You 'll have to excuse me if I do n't sound too lucid at the moment , but I have stinking cold . |
| 25 | ‘ But I have this feeling I ought to do something . |
| 26 | But I have some sympathy for the institutions ' view that their duty is to their policyholders and they can not be expected to double up as company regulators . |
| 27 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 28 | It was , in fact , the clearing centre at Le Boulou , but nobody had any idea then where we were or where we were going . |
| 29 | But nobody has enough money , except the rich , the emigrant businessmen and the old Party officials . |
| 30 | A work ethos was established that was individualistic , acquisitive and incentive-oriented , but which had little sense of solidarity or mutuality that might supersede this narrowly-conceived achievement ethic . |