Example sentences of "[pron] but [pron] [vb mod] have " in BNC.

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1 I but it would have made me jump .
2 Ronnie could have done with one himself but he would have got arrested . ’
3 Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water
4 I warrant none but myself will have seen through the deception .
5 None but he would have noticed the gleam of gold and diamonds — the ring on the dead man 's finger as his hand broke the surface .
6 I thought he had just punched me but he must have produced a knife , ’ Mr Norrie mumbled through his swollen mouth .
7 Did n't have them but we should have had .
8 But we but we but we will have
9 Maybe there were not that quantity in every one but there would have been twelve or fourteen crews on every station .
10 He did not see her precisely as she saw herself but it could have been very much worse .
11 I tried to stare my dislike into him but I must have been unsuccessful for he merely said with a primitive accent : ‘ Good in auto , yes ? ’ and grinned .
12 The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be .
13 No put your tie on so it goes over your collar that 's right , now it goes over your ti over your shirt collar at the back and then that 's it but you 'll have to , you 'll have to do it yourself soon , you know
14 You may not like me for it but I will have to drive you hard if you are to learn all you will need to survive what you will face .
15 She did n't know it but I 'd have paid her double to get her ass out .
16 I must admit at this stage I though I had cracked it but I should have known after so many years of breeding fish , success is not guaranteed .
17 I would not pander to it but she must have something to make her life special . ’
18 The author Jeanette Winterson provides a maxim for female artists past and present when she says : ‘ We do n't want men to package us but we must have the freedom to describe ourselves ’ .
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