Example sentences of "[v-ing] but have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis retired from racing but has built a new career as a best selling thriller writer . |
| 2 | Like others in his position , he wants to continue farming but has to question the logic and timing of a considerable investment . |
| 3 | Clemens Krauss had taught classes in the past but he had left the whole thing in the hands of a Professor Wunderer and a man from the Vienna Philharmonic who was interested in conducting but had n't the slightest idea how to go about it . |
| 4 | Poor communicator — they know what they are doing but have not told anyone else . |
| 5 | Similarly in the next lines the sun is fading but has not yet disappeared . |
| 6 | Adams told the court he had been out drinking but had no more than three pints . |
| 7 | He was a very nice young man and did bear some small resemblance to me which I supposed was why his mother , perhaps not knowing who his father was , or knowing but having been abandoned by him , had woven this fantasy about a familiar figure from the television screen . |
| 8 | They were destroying something we dreamed of owning and playing but had no prospect of affording at the time . |
| 9 | With regard to the second , as noted above , teaching study skills across the curriculum has had some impact on thinking but has not been typical of the action taken by project schools . |
| 10 | But in the North Berwick branch 's case it is not only still functioning but has been electrifies . |
| 11 | She was working but had only a small salary and ‘ soon found that it would be impossible to care for John 's upbringing satisfactorily . |
| 12 | Unlike its predecessor , the standing committee will continue working but has already felt able to recommend a small increase in the target number of places at medical schools . |
| 13 | Is n't working but has n't had the sack . |