Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had we reduced the dividend , our share price would have fallen sharply but , as I write a few days after the Annual General Meeting , the share price is a robust 180p — 26 times our earnings per share . |
| 2 | The high spot of the V16 period came in 1953 at Albi , where BRM should have won convincingly but for the immense torque of the engines destroying the tyres . |
| 3 | By the time yesterday came round , by lunchtime he could have come really but . |
| 4 | We 'd never talked about that day , and we never again came near this old air shaft ; I do n't know what he might have done since but I 'd always assumed he was like me and just tried to forget about it , pretend it never happened . |
| 5 | QPR are not good enough to finish in the top six , according to Trevor Francis , their player-manager , but they should have won and would surely have done so but for a mind-boggling miss by Andy Sinton when it was 2-2 . |
| 6 | Indeed , Hartland and Wright almost carried New Zealand to stumps without loss in their second innings , and probably would have done so but for a debatable bat-pad decision against the former . |
| 7 | I had had no intention of seeking to intervene in the strike and would not have done so but for the ubiquitous activity of George Wigg . |
| 8 | In her letter of acknowledgement and thanks the lady wrote , ‘ I would have written sooner but I had a strained muscle in my leg ’ . |
| 9 | Well I would have thought so but really erm I think you just need to sort of |
| 10 | Well I would have thought so but Pat have you found out about the names ? |
| 11 | In the same year as Jacobson published his experiments , a ‘ failure to replicate , report signed by twenty-three authors appeared in the major journal , Science , and the matter might have rested there but for the fact that it was noticed that the method which Jacobson had used to extract RNA from his rat brains also liberated a good deal of protein and other contaminants . |
| 12 | I should have known better but I got a booking about half past nine in the evening . |
| 13 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 14 | I would have waved happily but kept the secret of the summit to myself . |
| 15 | well you do n't have to have any but I do n't see why I should do without because you do n't want any |
| 16 | For all we know something may have happened today but I might not hear for ages |
| 17 | It may have happened differently but that is the picture Diana carries with her . |
| 18 | That happens to be all right for me because I do not have to commute regularly but it could be a consideration . |
| 19 | Memories of Selkirk 's death might have receded slightly but the mystery still remained . |
| 20 | She moved easily towards him , and he would have backed away but for the stone wall against his shoulders . |
| 21 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |