Example sentences of "his [noun] but had " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had left the money with his sister but had been caught after she had handed it into the police . |
| 2 | It is perhaps worth making the point ( for readers who are just beginning their enquiries into the history of this period ) that a lord did not usually own all the land on his manor but had certain defined rights , which differed from place to place and even between neighbouring settlements . |
| 3 | Albert was the first to know the Mr Gregory had lost his seat but had to restrain himself from swinging from the Assembly Rooms chandeliers in celebration . |
| 4 | Marot continued his translations but had produced only fifty when he died in 1544 , so that the work had to be finished by Theodore de Beze . |
| 5 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 6 | He tugged at his knife but had it only half-drawn when the huge taloned paw of the bear smashed his head as if it was a rotten apple . |
| 7 | He had lost touch with his friends but had the company of his brothers and sisters to compensate . |
| 8 | He stretched out his arms but had no room to manoeuvre . |
| 9 | Morris finished a frustrating two runs short of his century but had the consolation of sharing a partnership of 169 with Steve James ( 65 not out ) Glamorgan 's highest ever Sunday League opening partnership . |
| 10 | Bernard had had his breakfast but had not yet turned his mind to the day . |
| 11 | One fighter had been a Skinhead and had worn the appropriate ‘ gear ’ of his time but had now grown out of this kind of thing . |
| 12 | As it turns out , his crime is an ambiguous one and , in any event , his actions are determined by a family curse : his father had wanted to kill his mother but had been dissuaded from doing so . |