Example sentences of "but they had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah told her that her father and John had been discussing the possibility of war with Germany , but they had hastily changed the subject when her mother came in . |
| 2 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 3 | But they had also struck matches to frighten him . |
| 4 | Not only had they failed to think it through under the ‘ what if strategic planning heading , but they had also failed to consider how they were going to project the change or how the people were going to react . |
| 5 | Not only were the sites of their cancer much more significant compared to their ‘ matched ’ counterparts , but they had also arrived at Bristol when their disease was already worse and therefore more likely to lead to an earlier death . |
| 6 | They had invented a new social custom but they had also annexed a significant part of the working-class experience . |
| 7 | But they had also demonstrated , by their eagerness to deflect him from it , that his was no fool 's errand . |
| 8 | The Old Testament kings had been warriors and conquerors , smiting their enemies , but they had also been vehicles through whom the law of God was interpreted and enforced . |
| 9 | The sovereign people had given de Gaulle a vote of confidence , but they had also given a mandate to parties which opposed him . |
| 10 | Similarly , at the other end of the belt , Chalk was later discovered in south-west Ireland ( where it must have been noticed by the early surveyors , but they had evidently been too scared of their autocratic director to record such an unlikely phenomenon ) . |
| 11 | The details have escaped me , but he and Sir Andrew Clarke , as churchwardens ( their memorial tablets are near to each other in the south transept ) had been obliged to take legal action over the advowson — the word which , because of its precision of meaning and its sound , I could see he enjoyed introducing ; but they had evidently covered themselves in so doing , because , the Anglican Church being established , their office carried official responsibilities . |
| 12 | Time after time he had pressed the claims of a workingman candidate on a constituency " , but they had properly chosen the man who was considered to be most suitable for the constituency . |
| 13 | If any of them had displayed a leaning towards the stage , Dinah would no doubt have encouraged it ; but they had neither the presence nor the voice , nor , she would think despairingly , looking round them all , the appearance ; every one was Paul over again . |
| 14 | In the in vivo assay both mutations behaved as the wild type , but they had slightly lower affinities than wild type in vitro as judged by gel retardation assays . |
| 15 | The smaller companies took ( and paid for ) the network programmes , and contributed a modest share , but they had no say in programming decisions . |
| 16 | But they had already spoken that morning , their plans drawn up ready to be activated . |
| 17 | Haverford asked on the children 's behalf , but they had already found it , scampering away through the display of giant dolls , plastic picnic tables , local cheese and wine , and returned resentful at having been glowered at by the resident guardian because they had n't understood the purpose of her saucer of lire . |
| 18 | There were two clocks in the room but they had both stopped . |
| 19 | He 'd suspected them of having an affair for a while , but they had both kept their tracks well covered . |
| 20 | He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment . |
| 21 | His mother was faced with losing her cook , and his father with losing his valet , but they had readily agreed . |
| 22 | The guy said it did n't do either of them any serious damage , but they had really bad headaches afterwards . |
| 23 | Those requests used to have to go through either Philpott or Kolchinsky , but they had recently decided to waive the routine and allow the field operatives a free hand . |
| 24 | He had asked Moray , Lindsay , Leslie and others , but they had further to come , and could follow on later if they had not come by the morrow . |
| 25 | She had been letting the house to my father and mother , but they had now died also , and the whole property was to be sold : the house , yard , outbuildings , flower garden , kitchen garden , and a small meadow . |
| 26 | I was sorry for Jennifer but they had only been going out for a month or so , and not terribly seriously . |
| 27 | But they had only done their own jobs . |
| 28 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 29 | I wo n't embarrass the shop by naming names , but they had only two in stock , it turned out . |
| 30 | Nora had insisted that they ‘ do ’ every shop in Oxford Street , starting at Marble Arch , but they had only reached Selfridges when the impracticality of the scheme became obvious . |