Example sentences of "but [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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1 | oh Barbados , but we have to seen if their teletext if they let us do , but I 've just talked to Jamaican people and they said their , their friend he got some contact wanting some order , then later on this lady says no it 's best thing to do go |
2 | Cadogan says ferried to question this man till he 's dry , question him to death if necessary , but I 've already spoken to him for hours . |
3 | They 're fixing one on Monday so I can see it but I 've already talked to other people who 've done it and they 're so popular . |
4 | But I 've never wanted to be a spy . |
5 | I 'm like , ‘ I know who he is but I 've never listened to him . ’ |
6 | But I 've actually spoken to an even a a real Tyne and Wear Geordie accent |
7 | I began to feel ashamed of my nosiness but I had n't intended to be nosey : I was just curious . |
8 | There had been one or two religious groups in school , I remembered , but I had n't belonged to any of them and I was fairly sure Alec had n't either . |
9 | I had thought it would be fun , but I had not expected to be able to rock 'n' roll by the end of the evening . |
10 | I did n't know that they could , but I 'd always sworn to her that I would never involve her in any way and I 've never broken my word . |
11 | ‘ Thank you , Elizabeth , but I have already proposed to Sarah , and I 'm quite happy about it . ’ |
12 | I phoned your office on 6 April and left a message asking you or your colleagues to let me know the position but I have not heard to date . |
13 | Rebecca 's sister Karen said : ‘ It sounds true , but I have not spoken to her . |
14 | ‘ We 've been linked with Dean Sampson but I have not spoken to the player . |
15 | ‘ But I have n't come to Liverpool to be number two . |
16 | I myself have struggled with mystery deaths in good water conditions with no apparent signs of disease in ‘ normal community set-ups , but I have now switched to ‘ small cichlids as a community . |
17 | A quark supposedly has one third charge or two thirds charge , but nobody has ever managed to actually produced a free quark , but people do believe they exist because they explain almost all the properties that neutrons and protons have , and other particles . |
18 | Erm and er so you know but you 've just got to be slightly careful I think of the figures and erm i if if you know it 's much better if you can talk to the the |
19 | I think a lot of people in a free appointment situation have been stuck like that but you 've just got to , squeak and shout out |
20 | Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well . |
21 | If you 've never skippered a yacht before , but you 've always wanted to , or if you have limited sailing experience , join Villa-Flotilla in Nidri . |
22 | You know I 've talked about Thomson 's passing from midfield but you 've always got to be have targets to hit you see if you 're a passing player and certainly the Leicester players have given him that . |
23 | ‘ Perhaps she was a touch stocky , but she had n't run to fat the way that most of them do . |
24 | She 'd been required to be beautiful and talented and independent , but she had n't wanted to be any of those things . |
25 | ‘ Over two packs a day , very foolish for a diabetic , but she had n't come to terms with the illness at that stage , and was quite defiant about a number of things , Professor Rankin tells me . ’ |
26 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
27 | But she had so wanted to be left alone for a while . |
28 | But she has n't committed to the part , she wo n't let go , she wo n't commit … ’ |
29 | There have been a number of other dukes , earls and barons who were deaf but who have not aspired to political life . |
30 | But we 've never listened to the answering machine . |