Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's acetic acid but it 's got to be this |
| 2 | Stroud District Council say they believe the hotel is of little architectural importance but they 've agreed to see if it should be listed because of the public concern . |
| 3 | He 's an old scoundrel but he 's got all the Oxford marmalade you want . |
| 4 | I 've got some olive oil but I 've noticed if you look on the olive oil that some of the , some of it is n't mono unsaturates is it , you know , on a lot of it |
| 5 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
| 6 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 7 | No , she 's got sort of a medium brick but she 's got a brown mortar . |
| 8 | With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England . |
| 9 | As we have seen , repeal feminists had not been opposed to moral disciplining but they had promoted it through the more ‘ feminine ’ domain of voluntary agencies , attacking the statist solutions of male professionals . |
| 10 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |
| 11 | We went out to meet him at the airport and Signe hugged him and told him how much she 'd missed him and how she had cooked all his favourite foods for one vast homecoming meal but she had had an urgent phone call about sickness in the family and the dinner had all burned up so now we must eat in a restaurant . |
| 12 | Lord Sutherland said that the accused had not intended to cause death or even serious injury but he had shown reckless disregard for Mr Buckley 's safety . |
| 13 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 14 | so and they then erm I have got some friends I used to know as the little school but they 've left now . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |
| 16 | Pity to cut such a pretty face but she 'd asked for it . |
| 17 | Saints coach Mike McClennan said : ‘ Both teams are of equal talent but we have to make fewer mistakes than last week . ’ |
| 18 | Malcolm Crosby says he likes to see teams playing good football but they 've got to work hard as well |
| 19 | and , and , er of course that the commission looked at this as er , er , as a question to be looked at in the context of the market and of all facts , but they said you , if you want restrictions you can be sure that we wo n't give you any exemption for them , so you 'd better remove every single solitary objection , objec er restriction that we identify , that 's why at the end of the day they got er , it was a very , very strict approach by the commission , you can have nothing which is acceptable , you can get negative clearance but you 've got to be cleaner than clean , whiter than white , so remove every possible restriction . |
| 20 | That 's the trouble of course , I 've got a mass of fascinating stuff but I 've got to be selective . ’ |
| 21 | That was a good tackle but he 's given it straight to Pearce . |
| 22 | A Co-op spokesman says : ‘ We have found an alternative firm but it has meant that instead of mortgage repayments being met for a year , they will now only be paid for six months — and the price has had to rise as well . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got pretty good hearing but I had to wait almost a moment before I could imagine I could hear anything . |
| 24 | Anyway , that 's a good film but you 've got ta you 've got ta watch it because there 's a twist in the film . |
| 25 | And I 'm sure you do n't want a long speech but I 've tried to prepare something , and I hope it 's all right . |
| 26 | It 's a long a complicated issue but it 's got to such a head that the complete scheme for regenerating the and the very badly affected coal fields in is being stopped . |
| 27 | Perhaps the voice has lost a little of its silky sweetness but he 's used it in more varied and expressive ways since the clapalong Motown fun of ‘ Mickey 's Monkey ’ and ‘ Going To A Go-Go ’ . |
| 28 | Well I said that 's a complicated way but I have to do that when I go over to Marks and Spencers you see . |
| 29 | No listen , listen you 've got ta listen to this my girlfriend and I have sex whenever we can and really enjoy it oral sex but we have heard that sexually transmitted diseases can be passed on by drinking each other 's juices from oral sex , is this true ? |
| 30 | Precise details of what has been achieved by the liaison remain a closely guarded secret but it has involved developing new methods of using medicinal drugs in the body and has already led to a contract with a major pharmaceutical company . |