Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I managed to drive out of the hospital but I had to stop the car and was violently sick . |
| 2 | But I had to stop . |
| 3 | I was in a rush as usual but I had to stop . |
| 4 | But I had to live my own life . |
| 5 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 6 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 7 | I was delighted , not to mention shocked , but I had to turn them down because I am definitely not a portrait photographer . |
| 8 | He was , I know but I had to turn . |
| 9 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 10 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 12 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 13 | But I had to pop up there and move back all the bits and bobs and the debris and everything . |
| 14 | " I 'm sorry to have kept you waiting , but I had to finish with the man I had with me . |
| 15 | But I had to do my own asking round before I found a place to visit . |
| 16 | But I had to do it . |
| 17 | I had help lugging the heavy cases from Jim Wilson 's truck , but I had to do my share ; and even thinking of where to put things was exhausting . |
| 18 | I did n't know what I was going to do , but I had to do something . |
| 19 | But I had to do it . |
| 20 | It would be risky , so soon after Paul 's death , but I had to do something to even up the balance . |
| 21 | How susceptible my brother would be to whatever vibes I could send out was a question I did n't like too much to think about , given the state of his head , but I had to do something . |
| 22 | Once a guy came running after me , he must have run fifty yards up the road , but I had to ignore it , because I ca n't be big-headed enough to turn round and go , ‘ Oh , he 's running after me . ’ |
| 23 | No it was nice now but I had to sit like that with my arms up my sleeves . |
| 24 | I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down , but I had to shoot the second man . |
| 25 | But I had to delay him while we disappeared . |
| 26 | They were a tremendous help during that period when my athletics earning power was almost nil but I had to devote all my time to athletics to achieve success . |
| 27 | But I had to wait my turn and carry on learning . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've got pretty good hearing but I had to wait almost a moment before I could imagine I could hear anything . |
| 29 | And it was very dark , but I had to go up every night , and I did n't like going up in the dark . ’ |
| 30 | I would have been there the day but I had to go and marry a lass from down here , and she would n't leave her mother . |