Example sentences of "yet [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet nothing had gone right for the crusade . |
| 2 | Yet nothing had changed since , and his worry now was not for the competition , but for what lay beyond , what would happen to Firelight when he left school in the summer and joined the ranks of the unemployed or , with doubtful luck , got on to his father 's building site . |
| 3 | Yet nothing had changed . |
| 4 | Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon . |
| 5 | I do n't know whether David would agree , but my experience as a teacher was that I certainly encountered , I realize now , in my teaching career , children with dyslexia and yet no-one had told me , in my training , anything about this condition and I do n't think I was in a position until later , in a sense , to recognise that I had seen children with this difficulty . |
| 6 | ‘ They will want to be playing in the World Cup — yet I 've seen Steve Nicol decide he does n't want to play for Scotland anymore . |
| 7 | I feel so tired yet I 've done nothing . |
| 8 | Er the destination has n't been decided yet I 've got two quotes that were , we have plenty of time to pick that , the buses are booked so we 've got the outings |
| 9 | It 's not lunch time yet I 've got to sort out all these paperwork in a minute |
| 10 | Making a sound in his throat , he turned his head away , then said , ‘ Funny thing , but neither am I ; yet I 've had to get used to it ; ’ and on this he went out , leaving Millie looking at the big fat woman and feeling she must make conversation : ‘ It 's a beautiful morning , ’ she said . |
| 11 | ‘ This is something I should have done days ago ; something I 've wanted to do almost from the first moment we met , yet I 've fought against it every step of the way , just as you have . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've examined some 13/0 and it has been good , yet I 've found some to have as low as 10.5% chrome content . |
| 13 | The last eight miles had been the worst up to that point , and yet I had gone faster than ever before . |
| 14 | Yet I had met Margot and Allan in 1984 and had got on well with them . |
| 15 | Drugs or even more surgery on yet another organ seemed intolerable , and yet I had said to my surgeon , ‘ I am in your hands . ’ |
| 16 | And yet I had failed him , and he had failed me . |
| 17 | I do n't trust myself and , apart from Benjamin , I certainly did n't trust anyone else yet I had forgotten to take the key down with me . |
| 18 | This moment has been so long in coming , and yet I had thought that perhaps I might , just once … just once … ’ |
| 19 | Yet I have discovered , within the Leicester city limits , a small but fertile patch of land that supports an astonishing abundance and diversity of plants and animals . |
| 20 | Yet I have witnessed practice which is grossly incompetent on occasions and every team can identify workers who should never have qualified . |
| 21 | I know what it is to be alone , to fear death , I know and she is unaware that I know , and yet I have to go to her , I have to leave the safety of my room . |
| 22 | I 'm only a man , yet I have to live like one of the half-mortals ! |
| 23 | Yet I have made provision , ’ he said fatly . |
| 24 | No responsible Opposition could , either — yet I have heard few thoughts from them tonight about how to deal with that effectively . |
| 25 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 26 | Yet I have lived many thousands of years , and am no older now than the day my lord left me . |
| 27 | Yet I have taught myself not to feel discontent . |
| 28 | Yet I have seen innumerable jobs lost by ex-prisoners because one morning they came in late and when challenged could n't give a simple explanation and express regret . |
| 29 | ‘ Where belts are fitted they must be used yet I have seen parents taking four or five children on a school run with none restrained . ’ |
| 30 | I do not feel that I myself am at all psychic and I rarely dream — at least to know clearly on awakening what I have dreamed ; yet I have had in my life two dreams of foreboding . |