Example sentences of "[noun] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was deathly pale and obviously still in the first shock of grief but it had taken him differently . |
| 2 | Her hands , he had complained laughing , were a bit on the small side but they had learned strength and the skill was there already . |
| 3 | on that side but it 's got a little bit of black on it , do you reckon that 's anything to do with it ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It might not be popular with the fans but we 've got to do that to keep our noses in front . |
| 6 | Da Silva said he had tried to reason with the fans but they had drawn guns . |
| 7 | Yeah erm yeah he come in Thursday , he 'd got an headache and er Tuesday but he 'd got an headache , a sore throat and I do n't feel well and I do n't want to go to college , you know , and all this rubbish . |
| 8 | By the end of the eighteenth century ready-made coffins were being supplied lined by the manufacturers but one had to purchase shrouds and winding-sheets separately . |
| 9 | Maybe he had proved to himself that he had recovered his nerve but he had had to hold on very tight at that moment when she had broken . |
| 10 | Gridelin Rainwater Shampoo normally costs £2.50 for 200ml but we 've got 50 tubs to give way . |
| 11 | We were leaking goals but I 've plugged the gaps and with McMenemy 's help , got a vote of confidence from chairman Keith Fisher . |
| 12 | Well that 's a fourteen inch grate , fire a fourteen inch grate but you 've got the gap all round it like so I thought eighteen inch . |
| 13 | Oh no , it is nice to have a nice car but you have to make do do n't you ? |
| 14 | Mum had been civil to me since the soap episode but something had gone between us . |
| 15 | He obviously desired an immediate reply but nothing has come to light to suggest that there was one , favourable or otherwise . |
| 16 | We usually sourced from Olympic in the States but we had to start looking elsewhere . |
| 17 | By gel retardation analysis we have found this protein to be present in rat tissue extract but we have failed to demonstrate substantial binding to this region in a number of cell lines including HeLa . |
| 18 | You did n't grow big cars but you 've grown much bigger flowers than we did . ’ |
| 19 | Graham still bore the mental scars of his tragedy but he had proved to be an excellent operative and Philpott had no intention of letting him go . |
| 20 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |
| 21 | He had spoken only three words but they had sounded different … nice . |
| 22 | But Miriam had noticed the slight intake of breath ; she had been perfectly aware that Louise might be shocked by her words but she had spoken them anyway , partly because she felt too weary not to say what she meant , partly because , though she liked Louise , she sometimes found her sweetness and prudish innocence rather cloying and it gratified her to offend them . |
| 23 | I would n't use the word enemy but we have seen a lot of changes in the relationship . |
| 24 | and it were n't bad Friday but it 's come on again now |
| 25 | Some are held for eighteen months … they 've committed no crime but they have to prove themselves innocent |
| 26 | We 've tried all the other channels but they 've closed all the doors to us . |
| 27 | In most cases this was slander but I have seen instances where it was not far from the truth . |
| 28 | Saints coach Mike McClennan said : ‘ Both teams are of equal talent but we have to make fewer mistakes than last week . ’ |
| 29 | parties that take about three , four percent of the vote but they have got far more sway over the government than their vote really . |
| 30 | A shot in the dark but it had struck a target . |