Example sentences of "but it [vb past] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen , my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table , drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner ; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary . |
| 2 | Big Flame did n't have permanent leaders , but it did have superstars . |
| 3 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 4 | Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture . |
| 5 | Granted this helped the swelling of the coffers of the tobacco company that was the sponsor , but it did have a tremendous evangelical effect for the game , proselytising many . |
| 6 | It was n't much of a smile , but it did have a faintly superior tinge to it and Lydia began to feel better . |
| 7 | But it did have an elegant shopping precinct , the first of its kind , and a city centre flanked by the grandeur of its old and new cathedrals . |
| 8 | But it did have a garage and it did have a telephone box . |