Example sentences of "be [adj] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since they have been in Brazil things have not been easy but they have settled in well and are slowly coming to terms with the language . |
| 2 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 3 | Well yeah they 're free but they 've got their advert on it have n't they ? |
| 4 | Christopher Mossman , from Flint , Clwyd , who organised the trip to Carmarthen , said : ‘ The people in the village are fine but we have had some bad threats from people from Llanelli and Pen-clawdd . |
| 5 | move but sometimes the police will come on and say I 'm sorry but you 've got |
| 6 | the only one who worked full time , they came on Christmas Eve with reluctant , because I said look I 'm sorry but I have to work Christmas Eve lunch time , and they said right we 'll be there at five past one , and I finish at one , there were there at five past one , they finally left two days after Christmas because I said I 'm sorry I have to go back to work today . |
| 7 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 8 | It will never be easy but you have to try to give the players every avenue and every support to achieve that , ’ he explained . |
| 9 | Anstey 's approach to this edition was initially intended to be thematic but she has reverted to the chronological format of the first edition , thus not only dispensing with the problems of placing the themes but also giving the reader a parallel in comment on Thomas 's development both in poetry and prose . |
| 10 | Managers have n't been pleased but I 've done it . |
| 11 | he was like being shy but he 'd had all the side of his fur like shaved , and I thought urgh ! |
| 12 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 13 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 14 | Earlier I said that on the whole our food was not bad : salads , fruits and nuts were plentiful but I had taken on my parent 's tastes . |
| 15 | His plan for a metropolitan see at London had been stillborn but he had rid himself of the problem of Lichfield ( a process completed by 803 ) , successfully confounded his enemies and consolidated the position Offa had established at the height of his power . |
| 16 | He 's er he 's saying that er the shifting of the ground 's political but I 'd to remember him that er , th it 's the council that 's doing their job , he 's not doing his job . |
| 17 | The right is hereditary but I 've done nothing about it , slightly to my father 's chagrin . |
| 18 | Andre says it is dangerous but you have to have respect for the sea it can be hard and punishing … |
| 19 | I know it 's easy but I had to think of something to finish the week off with . |
| 20 | It 's costly but we have to do that as well . |
| 21 | First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon . |
| 22 | It is unlikely but I have seen er er one or two advertised in the er but but they will they are unlikely to put that on their list because they would n't think about it . |
| 23 | Sizewell B project manager Jim McFarlane told a meeting of the local community liaison committee : ‘ We believe the case for more nuclear power is irresistible but we have to see what the Government says before deciding whether to submit the C station application . |
| 24 | It 's slower but you 've got to be more positive and accurate . |
| 25 | It 's regrettable but we have lost all the service records . |
| 26 | ‘ Their target for the year is two but they have achieved four sales so far with more in the pipeline . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It is frustrating but we have got to look at developing the market in a different way , ’ he says . |
| 28 | That 's alright but you 've got no |
| 29 | Technically he is excellent but you have noticed that he is falling down on the supervisory aspects of his job . |
| 30 | Some visitors have been surprised but none have criticised even if they do n't think kinetic sculptures are real art . ’ |