Example sentences of "but i have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I had considerable difficulty in tracking any down . |
| 4 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 5 | But I have serious blackheads . |
| 6 | ‘ You might enjoy that kind of thing , ’ he said with more than a touch of irritation , ‘ but I have other matters to see to , more important than shifting a few papers about . ’ |
| 7 | But I have other responsibilities . |
| 8 | I take the squad to Holland every year and that is something I would like to see continued but I have other ideas which it may not be possible to put into practice . |
| 9 | But I have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to believe that we might prove this wrong . |
| 10 | But I have different slides I use for different things . |
| 11 | But I have puckish news for you . |
| 12 | I would like a home of my own but I have special requirements . |
| 13 | Some people think I am attempting the impossible , but I have enormous faith in the latent potential unexploited in this school . ’ |
| 14 | I suppose it 's possible you 've set tripwires , ’ he went on , ‘ but I have excellent night vision . ’ |
| 15 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 16 | You 'll have to excuse me if I do n't sound too lucid at the moment , but I have stinking cold . |