Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try to write but we have run out of words . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be honest with you , I did n't want to come but I 've got no choice . ’ |
| 3 | The club continues to occupy the ground under a protected tenancy requiring Butters to give them six months notice to quit but he has changed the locks and was ‘ too busy ’ to allow committee members access to check the pitch on Sunday . |
| 4 | His mother had said that it was all very well to mock but she had stood many long hours at auctions all over the city finding the right pieces . |
| 5 | ‘ Calico is horrible to use but you have to make toiles to perfect your design . |
| 6 | ‘ No , that 's what I wanted her to do but she 's got her own mind now . ’ |
| 7 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 8 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
| 9 | Horne 's commonsense told him to run but he had waited too long . |
| 10 | to have but you 've got to just go for what you can erm well afford to . |
| 11 | He wanted me to stay but I 'd made up my mind . |
| 12 | ‘ The company claims there may be room to manoeuvre but they have spelled out the bottom line and that is 229 jobs in Birkenhead and 66 in Litherland . |
| 13 | I went to the kitchen for something to eat but I 'd finished my food the night before and he had n't given me any more . |
| 14 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 15 | Several boys had asked her to dance but she had refused them all , afraid she might miss her chance with Pete , but he seemed not to have noticed her at all in spite of Louise 's dress . |
| 16 | And we do provide you with sales literature to say well actually strange to say but it has gone up recently it is only fifty eight pounds a week . |
| 17 | SORRY TO INTERRUPT BUT WE HAVE TO BROWSE OUR QUOTA OF MEN 'S MAGAZINES … |
| 18 | You might think I 've got a cheek to interfere but someone 's got to look after Maureen . |