Example sentences of "but they had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , they would n't have long to wait , now , but they had a surprise or two to come . |
| 2 | That lunchtime they had told him their research was complete , but they had a day spare and were enjoying themselves . |
| 3 | Comrades struggled to get to grips with Bangor 's cavalier attacking play but they had a chance to pull one back on 31 minutes , Paul McGurnaghan threading the ball through the defence only for Davy Armstrong to screw his shot past the post . |
| 4 | ‘ But they had a sledgehammer , not a key . ’ |
| 5 | Their lawyers are not , but they had a promotion out . |
| 6 | They were without hot water and numerous other comforts but they had a base they could call their own . |
| 7 | They had not , they said , but they had a lot of reliable relatives and could easily find out where he was and deliver any message I wanted to send him , if he was there . |
| 8 | No , she wanted some flip flops , but they did n't have any there either , but they had a lot of shell suits , cos I thought it was skiing ones at first . |
| 9 | But they had a meal erm rather than |
| 10 | I think they were going somewhere to Ireland , I 'm not sure , but they had a load of of slates . |
| 11 | Erm but er when the war finished , when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down , I ca n't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time , but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in , was invited to attend and I must say with great pride that I was can still remember it now , that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it 'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank and he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the hall of the town hall , and erm I mean er quite proud to be Corporal and Mrs you know and it I mean everyone that went , I mean their rank and name and who was with them , you know , was it was quite quite a er er quite a something of to look back to of interest that was , you know , when we stood down . |
| 12 | Ah but they had a vent-line |
| 13 | ‘ But they had a letter explaining why . |
| 14 | But they had a Mini before the Metro and er the day they bought the Mini they saw an advert in the paper saying that if you buy a Mini in the next few days |
| 15 | Let's face it , Rangers are the biggest club in Scotland , but they had an attitude that seemed to be against change and against progress . |