Example sentences of "but [pers pn] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholson , 55 , said last night : ‘ I know reporters are supposed to be neutral but I had a chance to help someone . |
| 2 | Do n't laugh , but I had a dream that Leeds beat Sunderland 7–0 in the return of the CCC a few days ago . |
| 3 | ‘ Some people are born with silver spoons in their mouths , but I had a question-mark in mine . |
| 4 | Yes I had a brand new electric cooker , that was one of our buys , I did n't have a washing machine when we got here , but I had a wash boiler , an ordinary wash boiler . |
| 5 | But I had a friend in Radio 3 : so thanks , ghostly and absent companion . |
| 6 | It was an old car , but I had a friend who worked in an engineering factory and he fiddled with it till it could go quite fast . |
| 7 | I was weak with hunger but I had a knife and I could still move round the city . |
| 8 | I only wanted half , but I had a kilo , bags and bags and bags |
| 9 | And you know we arranged for that , but I had a bit of a job to come from school . |
| 10 | But I had a nightmare . |
| 11 | But I had a problem getting it on and off ; the clasp seemed to settle between my shoulders where I could n't reach . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given |
| 13 | But I had a problem in that very often people wanted a double wardrobe moving and of course it then needed two men . |
| 14 | But I had a map and a compass with me yesterday . |
| 15 | So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I do n't like to comment on referees , but I had a chat with him — and he was an amiable chap . |
| 17 | She looked very homely and comfortable , but I had a feeling of misgiving . |
| 18 | I could not understand her ideas but I had a feeling she might be right . |
| 19 | We seemed a million miles from the Weddell Sea and that ice-encrusted vessel , but I had a feeling now that this was all a part of the voyage to come . |
| 20 | But I had a feeling that nobody was really enjoying the game any more . |
| 21 | I had been doing my best to mime the odd prayer since my dad died , but I had a feeling she saw through me . |
| 22 | Jack Scamp was ignoring me , but I had a feeling my luck could n't last . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Yeah we did but I had a feeling we were late last year |
| 25 | But I had a method . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | But I had a lot to learn when I went to school — like |
| 28 | ‘ I bought about six stretchsuits for James , but I had a lot as presents . |
| 29 | But I had a lot to drink and that 's that time I was telling you about . |
| 30 | I hate to have to admit it , but I had a disaster the other week at a class . |