Example sentences of "but [pron] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various schemes had been tried on Easter Monday to raise money — chrysanthemum shows and egg and spoon races included — but nothing had really developed . |
| 2 | When , in 1989 , we started to explore the involvement of this mechanism in passive avoidance learning , there had already been a lot of speculation in the molecular neurobiology literature about whether it would be possible to show that c-fos and c-jun were specifically activated during memory formation ; but no-one had yet done the key , unequivocal experiment . |
| 3 | ‘ But no-one has ever tried , ’ argued Mould . |
| 4 | ‘ I know that does n't and ca n't excuse the way I came here and attempted to pass myself off as Cara , but I 've otherwise tried to keep to the truth , as far as possible . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You know , it 's strange , Wayne , but I 've completely forgotten what she looks like . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I wish I could , Myra , but I 've finally stopped believing in fairy-tales . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'm demanding and chauvinistic , but I 've finally got someone with a good enough sense of humour to be able to cope with that very well , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never had any problem getting women into bed , it 's true , ’ he drawled , ‘ But I 've rarely felt a mutual attraction as intense as the one we share . |
| 9 | Not that it 's impossible — indeed , it 's rather the sort of thing Oliver might do — but I 've somehow stopped believing most of what he says . |
| 10 | The skirt pattern I 've designed for you is for Japanese machines , but I 've also made one for Passap/Pfaff . |
| 11 | ( But I 've also heard her telling people what a baddie I was , too ) . |
| 12 | I 've given you something to try and take the swelling off your chest , and that should ease a bit of the pain but I 've also given you er stuff to stop all this bursting |
| 13 | I saw the plight of the Jews , but I 've also served with the Arabs in M I six of the Field Security Service , from Turkey to Libya , and erm I do n't like what I see . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll always care , but I 've also turned my back on it . ’ |
| 15 | But I 've also laid down strict guidelines on how much time he can spend at the screen . |
| 16 | I 've got some bad news for you , but I 've also got good news . ’ |
| 17 | That 's right , but I 've also got a thing about being pushy you see . |
| 18 | I know , but I 've also got to do the tea as well for granddad and daddy and Phillip . |
| 19 | Since I repotted it this spring into a generous-sized pot , it has not only burgeoned but I 've also found it much easier to keep the compost just nicely moist . |
| 20 | ‘ It looks a magnificent cake , but I 've just eaten . ’ |
| 21 | But I 've just explained about five times . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've always thought it unlikely , but I 've just heard from George this morning that it is impossible . |
| 23 | But I 've just realised where we might find some of the answers we 're looking for . ’ |
| 24 | But I 've just reached the door when his escorts do it for me in the corridor . |
| 25 | Er , but I 've just done the pink the odd bits and pieces to it . |
| 26 | I would n't say it was any better , I do n't know whether it is or not , but I 've just done one good thing , it 's got the bed shifted |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know whether a place as small as this keeps registered poisons but I 've just moved labs … ’ |
| 28 | Please excuse me — I 'm off for a refill ’ , ‘ I 'm enjoying our chat , but I 've just seen someone whom I need to speak to urgently . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm not like overly fat or anything , I 'm the right weight for what I 'm , for my height like but I 've just got a pot belly |
| 30 | Erm but I 've just thought , you know , get this away , let him get you know , buy them , go in at say forty percent as an O E margin |