Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've heard this but I 've forgotten it . |
| 2 | Dear Helena , I do n't really rea really know how to put this but I 've had I 'll have a go . |
| 3 | In this poem you get the feeling that Owen is not actually taking part in this but he has seen it happening before and so , unlike all the rest , it is not completely based on his own experience . |
| 4 | We may not be able to plan the unplannable but we have to accommodate it in our plans . |
| 5 | And and I 'm all in favour as I say getting more through the letter box , it 's easier for us and it But I I think I mean I 'm quite happy to leave this now and just carry on with the bridal But we have to make this pay itself |
| 6 | It 's not attractive or exciting but you have to do a basic job ’ . |
| 7 | I got this clear but you 've messed it up again . |
| 8 | ‘ They said it looks OK but they 've towed it off somewhere to search for clues . |
| 9 | Yeah , funny but he had to shout |
| 10 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 11 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 12 | The many tall ogival windows provide the classrooms with a great deal of light but they have proved more difficult to protect . |
| 13 | Well yeah they 're free but they 've got their advert on it have n't they ? |
| 14 | He likes them fresh but they 've got to be like virgins — you know , untouched . |
| 15 | The right is hereditary but I 've done nothing about it , slightly to my father 's chagrin . |
| 16 | She began to feel foolish but she had to talk to somebody and Miss Hatherby was the only person to whom she could turn . |
| 17 | So she 's completely and totally paralysed but she 's paralysed and can feel pain . |
| 18 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 19 | Andre says it is dangerous but you have to have respect for the sea it can be hard and punishing … |
| 20 | But I had n't got much but I 'd got on my feet . |
| 21 | like this very much but I 've got ta Ben |
| 22 | It does n't sound much but you 've got to watch out these days , with everything constantly getting cheaper and Tod grimly counting his money the whole time . |
| 23 | I felt numb but I had to get back to his stable three miles away and tie him up . |
| 24 | There is n't any there is n't any official but I 've got one that I 'll show . |
| 25 | The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Look , I 'm not a feminist as such but I have to admit I rather resent that remark ! |
| 27 | Since they have been in Brazil things have not been easy but they have settled in well and are slowly coming to terms with the language . |
| 28 | It will never be easy but you have to try to give the players every avenue and every support to achieve that , ’ he explained . |
| 29 | I know it 's easy but I had to think of something to finish the week off with . |
| 30 | Crowe and Anthea Warburton lay parallel , Anthea pale only by contrast with Lady Rose 's bright darkness , and with the sunburnt red earth colour of Crowe , who had the look of a man bronzed against nature by willpower and decisive planning , a man whose ruddiness was made for peeling crimson but who had constrained his skin to stay on — even the thin shiny tonsure — and go terra-cotta . |