Example sentences of "but she [vb past] have " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence .
3 But she did have an acute social conscience which Lucie Kaye , a former colleague , describes as ‘ a Quaker mentality ’ .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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