Example sentences of "but [adv] had [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Palmer had a horse and trap in the late 19th century but eventually had a chauffeur driven car . |
| 2 | He loved apples , but rarely had a chance to eat them . |
| 3 | Thus , the UK was still a European leader in innovation in the 1950s and 1960s , but perhaps had a bias towards pure science rather than towards the commercial development of technological ideas that will form the next generation of industries . |
| 4 | The large wines and spirits business in the survey referred to two UK firms who had shown good performance — EAL and Whitehead Mann — but apparently had no experience of the largest firms . |
| 5 | Was it because of Emmanuel Steele , who had his shoemaking shop between the Misses Cardings and the bakery and who was well into his forties , but apparently had no use for women , inasmuch as he did his own housework in the rooms above the shop , and ate most of his meals out . |
| 6 | That 's the number of lucky motorists the Wolfsburg manufacturer has equipped with the Golf G60 Limited , a car that was the subject of over 1000 enquiries when it was announced to dealers in Germany last year but only had a production run of 70 . |
| 7 | Fathers or father surrogates were often unemployed , families moved home frequently , father figures changed or left the family home often , mothers were very young ( average age twenty-one years ) but already had an average of three children . |
| 8 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
| 9 | Many poor households were exempt from domestic rates but still had a vote in the local election ; they had an incentive to vote for high spending programmes . |
| 10 | As they crossed in front of the Queensway Tunnel for the final sprint up William Brown Street , 23-year-old Nadobenko was going so fast he mounted the kerb and bounced back but still had the strength to cross the line in first place . |
| 11 | Outside the walled area , a house built on a disused road ( p. 94 ) began as an aisled structure but later had a corridor and two wings added to it . |
| 12 | Ray Wilkins , a former Rangers midfield player , believed that Mr Souness thrived on the pressures of the game but also had a knowledge of the darker side of management . |
| 13 | Andy worked mainly in the shop , but also had a chance to play with the Hunts as well as with other famous players of the 1970s such as Doug McLelland , John Garner and Peter Dawson . |
| 14 | They claimed to have the weapon purely for self-defence but also had a set of viciously spiked knuckle-dusters . |
| 15 | He wrote to thank the Goldsmiths , but also had the temerity to ask " if they considered him bound to continue in his office for some considerable time longer and not to seek a more remunerative one " . |
| 16 | He wanted to go and see Therese , thank her , warn her , but now had no energy for anything but getting to his office , sipping his brandy , and sitting back with his eyes closed , trying to steady his breathing . |
| 17 | We had studied some navigation but now had the chance to try it out in more detail . |
| 18 | He believed the Prince that it was de Craon who had informed him on the Sunday night but how had the Frenchman known ? |
| 19 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 20 | He 'd paid countless prostitutes to satisfy his craving , but never had a woman done it of her own will , until Jacqui . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , David Campbell is wondering how many other youngsters have shared his namesake Raymond 's ambitions in the past but never had the opportunity to achieve them . |
| 22 | They have relied upon the ideas of novelists and playwrights with no deep interest in cinema , or the work of second-raters who might have produced something good if they had worked within a more stimulating environment , but never had the chance . |
| 23 | Right , what made we want to be , I wanted to be a policeman when I was very young but never had the courage to do it . |