Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] but have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conservative Blaize , who died of prostate cancer and had been confined to a wheelchair for the past year , lost his parliamentary majority five months ago but had clung to office despite opposition protests . |
| 2 | R said that he did not really know F beforehand but had seen him and his brothers once before when someone had told him who F was . |
| 3 | Miss Ross said her sister had kept a personal protection gun at home previously but had returned it some time ago to the Maze for safekeeping . |
| 4 | It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate . |
| 5 | The council was informed about the anniversary two years ago but has dragged its heels over putting it on any agenda . |
| 6 | She did slim down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again . |
| 7 | Robinson , 38 , who began his West career as a winger 20 years ago but has played mostly as a back row forward , will also play for Darlington next season . |
| 8 | Wright was a summer signing from the Baseball Ground outfit two years ago but has had an indifferent Anfield career . |
| 9 | They 've been working very hard , in some cases long hours I think it 's right because this is a similar discussion we had by Public Protection Committee about a report and the main thing about the report is to find ways in which this could be avoided and that we could take such action as necessary and obviously some matters to avoid such a happening again but having said that other parts of West Sussex have always tended to be erm when you get excess rain erm you tend to get flooded in on the train many times some houses have got boats down the bottom of their garden and it 's not just now it 's been flooded , but it has been flooded in more recent times and that 's probably something we should be looking at . |
| 10 | She flew to Canada to retrace his steps a month later but had to return after running out of money . |
| 11 | The Gunners were championship favourites a week ago but have made a shocking start with defeats at home to Norwich and at Blackburn . |
| 12 | The 30-year-old Middlesbrough keeper plays against Brighton today but has withdrawn from England 's B international against Czechoslavakia . |
| 13 | Smith was due to box for England again against Italy soon but has decided to switch his allegiance to the paid ranks instead . |
| 14 | The exterior still shows the original form well but has lost all decoration . |
| 15 | They had been given a meal there but had refused to stay overnight . |
| 16 | In the sense of working together on common tasks partnership is a banal truism — of course both central and local government are involved in education , housing , transport , social services etc. but having said that there is little else one can say under the umbrella of partnership . |
| 17 | By contrast , the other patient ( known as ‘ T ’ ) , was able to judge facial expression normally but had lost the ability to lip-read . |
| 18 | Mr B. P. reported that he had already lost 3 stone some time before but had stuck at 15 stone and was pleased when he started to lose again . |