Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] but [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny heard from Patsy that the Healys had been up to Dublin to look for a child to adopt but they had n't got one because Mr Healy had a weak chest . |
| 2 | ‘ The company claims there may be room to manoeuvre but they have spelled out the bottom line and that is 229 jobs in Birkenhead and 66 in Litherland . |
| 3 | You might think I 've got a cheek to interfere but someone 's got to look after Maureen . |
| 4 | The club continues to occupy the ground under a protected tenancy requiring Butters to give them six months notice to quit but he has changed the locks and was ‘ too busy ’ to allow committee members access to check the pitch on Sunday . |
| 5 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
| 6 | He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’ |
| 7 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |