Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
| 2 | I 'd come out on the simple camera-fetching errand without the complete zipped pouch of gadgets but I did have with me the belt holding my knife and the multi-purpose survival tool , and on the back of that tool there was a mirror . |
| 3 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 4 | He did n't often take advice from me , thank goodness , but I did have one little triumph . |
| 5 | I 've wished then that I could say honestly , ‘ But I did have a child of my own , a little boy by the only man I have truly loved . ’ |
| 6 | But I did have something in mind — a biography of Mahler . ’ |
| 7 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 8 | But I did have a small solace . |
| 9 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 10 | Stupidly — but I did have a lot of luggage — cheeses , books for John and my hill boots — I did not take it out with me this trip . |
| 11 | But I did have the chance of an exhibition , and it was just at that time , and I was working hard , and she — she , well , I suppose she was a distraction . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 13 | I 'm sorry I did n't get round to doing it , but I did have the flu for quite a while . |
| 14 | It had temporarily slipped my mind , but someone did have a spare key some while ago . |
| 15 | Yeah , but you did have permission . |
| 16 | But she did have the satisfaction that no sooner were the two decisions taken , than the entire Palais de Congress , housing the summit , the media and several thousand attendants and officials , was plunged into darkness by a five-minute power failure . |
| 17 | No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence . |
| 18 | But she did have an acute social conscience which Lucie Kaye , a former colleague , describes as ‘ a Quaker mentality ’ . |
| 19 | Katherine liked to believe that she was n't vindictive , but she did have certain rules , certain standards , both for her house and her business , and one of the reasons she had been so successful both in Dublin and now in London , was because she applied those rules rigorously . |
| 20 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 21 | But we did have fun . |
| 22 | I grew up in an area that did n't have any live theatre to speak of , but we did have a local cinema house , and I was just in awe of this thing called the cinema . |
| 23 | But we did have a lot of fun . ’ |
| 24 | But we did have to wait until the chimpanzees completely accepted out presence before we were able to observe the other food-gathering behaviour that truly sets apart the forest chimpanzees — regular co-operative hunting . |
| 25 | But we did have a church near us , and that church had a school . |
| 26 | We did n't have an explosion but we did have a big fire . |
| 27 | But we did have this idea that the whole tribe went around together . |
| 28 | But we did have to boost up chlorine levels in areas , because they were n't high enough . |
| 29 | Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't |
| 30 | Still waiting for a lot of the reports to come in , but we did have one winner on Guess the Scores this afternoon . |