Example sentences of "but [pers pn] had [verb] " 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 | But I had decided that I was n't going to wear the arrow suit for Truro Daine . |
| 6 | I usually stay later , but I had to dress for the dinner party . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In my long journey I may have acquired illness and age , but I had gathered something too . |
| 9 | I was delighted , not to mention shocked , but I had to turn them down because I am definitely not a portrait photographer . |
| 10 | He was , I know but I had to turn . |
| 11 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 13 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 14 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 15 | But I had had quite er if you want funding erm there 's only so many people out there , you better make a success of what you 're doing . |
| 16 | It was there all the time but I had turned my back upon it in a sense , so when I got converted , and of course I was listening to the Big Man 's comments on events and I recognized the validity of what he was saying . |
| 17 | Marius dragged me back to camp and afterwards I told the other legionnaires how she had wanted to sleep with me , but I had turned her down . |
| 18 | He had moved to kiss my mouth , but I had turned my head and he had kissed my cheek . |
| 19 | But I had to pop up there and move back all the bits and bobs and the debris and everything . |
| 20 | The army had said we would average fifteen , but I had hoped for eighteen and had told them so . |
| 21 | Do n't tell Edgar or Catherine this , but I had hoped to find a friend at Wuthering Heights , someone to support me against Heathcliff . |
| 22 | " No , I suppose not , but I had hoped for something a little more exotic . |
| 23 | My wife was reluctant to go , but I had crossed often before in bad weather . |
| 24 | " I 'm sorry to have kept you waiting , but I had to finish with the man I had with me . |
| 25 | Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead . |
| 26 | ‘ But I had reached the stage where I found it difficult to be motivated for run-of-the-mill games . |
| 27 | But I had to do my own asking round before I found a place to visit . |
| 28 | But I had to do it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I did n't know what I was going to do , but I had to do something . |