Example sentences of "[adv] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm a bit better but I 've had to get out this morning to let June stay in ! |
2 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
3 | He 's been on the sauce basically but he 's kicked the habit and he says of kicking the drinking habit I 've had a lot of help and a lot of good counselling , in the end it 's up to me . |
4 | Lyppard Grange is a listed building so the City Council ca n't have it knocked down but it has applied for a compulsory purchase order . |
5 | By Christmas it was really getting me down but I had to keep going . |
6 | Well I 'll tell you right now I have got another builder on but he 's taken one of the er the slots further down but I 've got one I 've got a prime er the the estate agent asked me to contact you because there is a prime slot left . |
7 | Not me personally but I have known a few people who 've wanted perhaps , a very quiet wedding , just in a registry office , and finished up with a large church wedding . |
8 | It is detailed alright but as I said what they 've written is detailed enough but they 've missed out erm various things that we needed to know |
9 | I do n't think so but we 've specified in here a lady shall . |
10 | Well I thought so but we 've got a We think the builders we 've got are excellent . |
11 | And er so but we have divided it by the weaknesses and things like that . |
12 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
13 | Erm no I do n't think so but he 's had his tea . |
14 | So last night , I thought , I wo n't do anything till he comes in but we 'd got company and er , they went outside , they were having a look at car engine and that , telling us what were wrong , you know . |
15 | right would be putting the B side in but you 've got ta start with A. |
16 | Her new liver took straight away but she had to go on a ventilator because she was having problems with her lungs . ’ |
17 | I mean it it sounds stupid , but a person I knew , she was about as stupid as i was as naive as I was , because er she was pregnant , her husband was n't away but she 'd got how many , five , four children , she 'd lost three children and she 'd got , then she had four , and then she found herself pregnant again . |
18 | Wishart had been away but he had heard the stories later , how Alexander had suddenly looked down the hall , dropping his cup and going pale with fright . |
19 | Soon but they 've got ta they 've got ta like have a first . |
20 | Life at home is a bit of a battlefield and work is sadly staging a go slow but you have survived worse difficulties before and this tough period is nearly over Ugly what are you ? |
21 | Just but I 've got a sore back as well . |
22 | I have n't done it easily but I 've done it and I 'm pleased . |
23 | mine wrapped up he said I 'll take you over but you 've got to have all your presents wrapped up , I said yeah alright . |
24 | He well he 's , he 's moved into somewhere , du n no whether it 's with this woman or not but she 's got two young kids . |
25 | Our Neil 's got bigger feet than her and then he 's a one , he 's in a one already but he 's got ta have a two in bumper boots . |
26 | Well , sometime Wednesday you go , you really go through it cos you you 're not you 're not halfway through but you 're still but you 've done quite a bit . |
27 | It 's a bit stiff still but I 've had the stitches out and still no pain . ’ |
28 | Basically , I did s , well if you want a technically but I 've said it comes out of the er , identified savings of the Chief Executive 's department as already ma er made . |
29 | Stoats generally construct their own small-diameter breeding chambers underground but I have known a stoat to be evicted from burrows by ferrets . |
30 | Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in . |