Example sentences of "[adv prt] but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | By Christmas it was really getting me down but I had to keep going . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | right would be putting the B side in but you 've got ta start with A. |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was originally gon na take it off but I 've changed my holidays . |
| 8 | No , but , well it Tuesday is his day off but he 's got late till eleven this morning . |
| 9 | I said it is quarter past two if you I 'm not pushing you off but you 've got to be somewhere on time . |
| 10 | You know I mean can you think of anything more ridiculous with there you go they probably have n't got any other leg to stan I mean that 's no leg to stand on but they 've got nothing else to say really you know . |
| 11 | Erm the old on that you know , took me two years to get the bearings approved and er you know but then having to wait a year and a half cos had a year and a half 's worth of orders on 'em and promised to hold the price for three years is that 's what it took for them to use them up , er has run out , new orders have been put on but I 've got the chance of taking the business . |
| 12 | Julie had asked him what was going on but he 'd rushed out without telling her , mumbling only that it was important and that he did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I mean he 'd ha he had a pack up but they had to have money to buy ra |
| 15 | She had tried to pick him up but he had clung to the banister rail like a leech and butted her in the chest with his head . |
| 16 | We 've had stick and cane and praise all mixed up but you 've got to ride through it . ’ |
| 17 | In Walsall Wood erm as I say , we used to have er two big bags full on a Fri Friday and then in the week we could go up but you 've got your bread but , you know , yo the men would be , I can just picture them with their little , all this pretty coloured paper would all be in little piles and when there were no customers , they would be wrapping the rice , the raisins , the currants , all in these pretty papers you see and they knew , I mean you 'd ask them for currants and they never sort of knew , I did n't quite understand how they could pick by , it 'd be by the paper you see . |
| 18 | A deadline was set up but it has come and gone and we no have no alternative but to reclaim the shares and place them back on the market . |
| 19 | The recession has nearly blown itself out but it has left the Government with a massive deficit of £40bn-£50bn and this will have to be funded through gilts , cost cuts or taxes . |
| 20 | When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops . |
| 21 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Frank 's been back but he 's gone again , ’ she said , quivering with importance . |
| 23 | Really it 's hard there was there was n't too much space for him to squeeze the ball back but he 's got to be looking to put the ball back from there . |
| 24 | He let us muck around but we had to get the work in at the end of the week . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It has been a tough year all round but we have managed to complete a number of objectives and it is important that all employees continue to appreciate the value of environmental and health and safety issues . ’ |