Example sentences of "and [noun] but had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ali McGraw , who became wife number two , says she hated machines and motorbikes but had to share his fascination . |
| 2 | Ranitidine diminished the postprandial reflux found after breakfast and lunch but had no effect on postprandial reflux after dinner . |
| 3 | John is sparse of frame and comment but had a very dry humour . |
| 4 | It seems to be almost a perception of physics as an ‘ arts ’ subject ; indeed , Jane told me that she had been equally good at arts and sciences but had chosen sciences because of the job and university prospects . |
| 5 | He was very limited in mind and interests but had not altogether lost his native humour . |
| 6 | The Chancellor yesterday very kindly did not put V A T on books and periodicals but had he done so that would have the effect of taking more than one hundred thousand pounds out of our accounts in the current year without us being able to do anything about it and it does seem to me that we should be considering asking the members in general meeting to pass to the Council of the Association the right to set and increase subscriptions and having properly advised the members thereof to fix the effective date of such increases , otherwise we are very badly placed to respond to short-term problems . |
| 7 | The new version included condemnation of drunken and dangerous driving , drug trafficking and tax evasion ; it stated that homosexuals had to be treated with respect and understanding but had to refrain from sexual activity [ for August document on homosexuality see p. 39033 ] . |
| 8 | Profiting from the troubles in the north , he had extended his kingdom to the south and east but had temporarily forfeited his chance of becoming Emperor . |
| 9 | This interpretation of relationships between party bureaucrats and political representatives was later modified by Milovan Djilas , a senior member of the Yugoslavian political leadership after the Second World War who observed that in Yugoslavia at least the party leaders had ceased to be revolutionaries and politicians but had turned into bureaucrats themselves . |
| 10 | Jackson 's 1957 paper had made the first study of muon catalysed fusion in mixtures of deuterium and tritium but had concluded that there too the energy return did not offer much practical hope . |