Example sentences of "but [pers pn] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I had that ages ago in one of my |
| 2 | But I had two brothers . |
| 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 | I can not claim to have been a close friend , but I had occasional encounters with him and , as with most people , it would be more accurate to describe them as occasional brushes . |
| 6 | A doctor said it was an infested splinter , but I had stabbing pains there — and then , at night , as I lay in bed unable to get to sleep because of the pain , I could hear a munching sound . |
| 7 | Everybody wanted that , but I had some contacts , I knew I could get in there . |
| 8 | But I had some pain passing water today . ’ |
| 9 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 10 | I could have jumped up and battered his foot if I 'd wanted to , but I had more respect than that ! ’ |
| 11 | But I had three glasses of sherry quickly . |
| 12 | I know I mean I stayed with him but I had three kids . |
| 13 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 14 | But I had this polyneuritis coming on and I gr gradually went paralysed . |
| 15 | It had never been done before , but I had this premonition , and of course it proved true . ’ |
| 16 | But I had this instinct that you 'd have a better chance if you first spent some time with me — ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I grew anxious when you did not appear , but you had good reason , and I 'm glad of your foresight in this matter . ’ |
| 18 | But you had political commissars ? |
| 19 | We the both together you could g you could go down either shaft , but you had three doors to come through from one pit to the other . |
| 20 | But she had other worries . |
| 21 | The Press Liaison Officer took a heavy file from a shelf and almost dropped it into her hands ; but she had strong wrists and managed a gracious smile of acceptance and thanks . |
| 22 | She felt happier about Kathleen now that she knew that she had a champion in Ella , but she had little time to dwell on the O'Neills . |
| 23 | ‘ Not , ’ he went on hastily , ‘ that I liken my wife to Mr Landor nor to a wild animal , but she had similar need of kindness and nursing expertise . ’ |
| 24 | But she had nice hair — not so long as Marie 's , but just as shiny . |
| 25 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 26 | She drifted pleasantly away , finding herself at the theatre with Kate Maybury , but she had black hair and carried a colander , and in the colander lay a tiny baby , but Mrs Maybury would n't let her see it , just told her to watch the show . |
| 27 | The thought did not daunt her , but she had great need of a moment of silence , to take breath and consider how much she dared tell . |
| 28 | She was one of the hardest toms he had ever met in his life , and he had met a few , but she had one vice : she was a dyke and liked the young girls . |
| 29 | She had a heavily lined face , a prominent , almost hawk-like nose , but she had kindly eyes and every so often she would display a vein of sharp humour that suggested her family had to keep their shoes clean when they approached her little parlour . |
| 30 | But she had three children , yet that did n't really signify anything : cows had calves , horses had foals , pigs had litters . |