Example sentences of "but they have [adv] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had long since agreed that there was nowhere to touch the English countryside . |
| 2 | Actors throughout history had staggered on to stages in various states of alcoholic debility , but they had almost always got through the lines , or at least an approximation of them . |
| 3 | But they had never before known it to come near the Namoi . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's actually been available to the public for quite a while , but they 've only just started to do a big push on it , ’ explains Robert . |
| 5 | We 'd known more or less since I 'd heard the words Jihad Islami in the Land of Grey and Pink , but they 'd never actually said it . |
| 6 | ‘ But they have long since vanished from Ireland , Fergus , and it may be that I will be the last Queen to have seen them and heard them . |
| 7 | If you wish to use the wedding flowers but they have long since passed their best , you could choose a suitable selection from a florist or your garden and press those . |
| 8 | They should have been negotiating over the location of the European monetary institute and of a subsequent European central bank in the City of London , but they have never even raised those questions , despite the fact that , of all the countries of the European Community , the location of the central bank has much the greatest importance for Britain . |
| 9 | My heart pounds , and my throat closes up with fear when this happens , but they have so far beaten a hasty retreat after a selection of Anna 's words , not to be found in any A-level vocabulary book that I 've ever seen . |
| 10 | Erm just made it a er does it 's not double track er very far , but they have actually double tracked that . |
| 11 | Ian Lang and Malcolm Rifkind have amazed everyone by surviving , but they have only marginally improved their party 's position , from nine to 11 seats . |
| 12 | Some of today 's populous places were insignificant before the Industrial Revolution , but they have now far outgrown the village that was clustered around the ancient parish church . |