Example sentences of "to have [verb] [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | They heard the tramp of boots but saw no one , although the enemy appears to have marched boldly but sometimes indiscreetly into the area . |
| 2 | In 1600 , a benevolence was asked , to which the lawyers seem to have responded favourably but the gentry with some reluctance . |
| 3 | ‘ The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’ |
| 4 | I am a bit embarrassed not to have written sooner but , inter alia , have been a little ‘ below par ’ this last week with a stinking cold and sore throat . |
| 5 | Police inquiries seem to have got nowhere but they believe , as do Jim 's neighbours and friends that the killer is being shielded within the local community . |
| 6 | I was to have gone also but declined . |
| 7 | Rachel Keith would like to have gone there but her mother died and instead she went to see her father to try and effect a reconciliation , but her old father would n't let her over the door . |