Example sentences of "the [noun pl] but [pron] have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Grimes had certainly been glad of the presents but she had not really seemed as destitute and lonely as Ianthe had expected — perhaps secretly even hoped — and she found herself resenting the way she had taken the violets . |
| 2 | I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper . |
| 3 | I try to turn on the lights but there has either been a power cut or the club 's generator has been switched off . |
| 4 | I had it yesterday but you know how you just sort of start to get it , you 've got all the germs but they have n't quite come out ? |
| 5 | Such a road would be a scenic delight and give an alternative road to the Isles but it has not yet happened and , it is to be hoped , never will . |
| 6 | They wanted to help the children but they had not money , it was dirty and cold . |
| 7 | It 's just that some of these words say they , they might have used them , I mean I 've done the and the ones but I 've never come upon anyone that 's heard of the , the cant . |
| 8 | The Socialists have been unable to clinch a similar deal with the Greens but they have now announced that they will unilaterally pull out their candidates in favour of better placed Green candidates in the second round . |
| 9 | I got the woman who comes in to clean the hall and stairs to go up and wash off the floors but I have n't been up there myself since the fuzz left . |