Example sentences of "but had [prep] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had hoped for an audience with the Prime Minister , but had to be content with the publicity of being there . |
| 2 | We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! |
| 3 | MIKE McLEAN of West Lancashire finished five under par in the Dry Blackthorn Lancashire PGA stroke-play championship but had to be content with a share of ninth place along with Craig Corrigan from Haigh Hall , Wigan . |
| 4 | It announced that , if doctrine as opposed to Bible stories was to be a part of school education , then such religious education could not adopt a common denominator approach between the churches , but had to be total in its presentation of what the Roman catholic church considered to be the truth , otherwise such an approach would be ‘ dangerous ’ for the children ( Gaine 1968 : 164 ) . |
| 5 | He presented a detailed theoretical analysis of skilled movement , showing that the sequencing of actions , the serial order of behaviour , could not be due to feedback stimuli from one movement triggering the next , as S-R theory argued , but had to be due to central programming of the sequence . |
| 6 | St Dunstan 's emerged from the play-offs to challenge the King 's School in the final contest but had to be satisfied with the runners-up spot . |
| 7 | A few seasons ago , the much-travelled primary schoolteacher was on the verge of a full international appearance , but had to be satisfied with a B cap against Scotland in Galway . |
| 8 | Milligan had two dogs in the final of the Northumberland Gold Cup at Brough Park last month , but had to be satisfied with second-placed Smashiton . |