Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was one of the most accomplished debaters in the Government but nothing would have saved him from the mauling . |
| 2 | Bristol did n't have their strongest side out but nothing would have stopped Gloucester on saturday … skipper Ian Smith scored the last try … 38-11 … just what coach keith richardson wanted |
| 3 | In fact , options or at least verbal commitments will have been obtained already for some special buys which are wanted , but nothing will have been the subject of a formal order to any of the media before this . |
| 4 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 5 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 6 | I thought I would have plenty of other opportunities but nothing could have been further from the truth . |
| 7 | But nothing could have prepared Gould for the transformation he witnessed on the journey back to Yarrundi from Maitland . |
| 8 | Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes . |
| 9 | But nothing could have prepared the troops in the trenches for the carnage that was to follow . |
| 10 | Her head and heart were in turmoil but no-one would have guessed it when later that evening she and Charles entertained 800 of their friends and family at a ball inside Buckingham Palace . |
| 11 | To Giles I 'm a ‘ Jeremiah ’ who should be capable of ‘ an act of faith ’ — act of lunacy , more like ; to Hans Haenlein and others I 've got incredibly deep pockets ; to Peter Davey , for whom I voted and who is now so far removed from ‘ the cultural gangsters ’ as to be a cultural kamikaze pilot , I need ‘ a heroic proposal ’ ; to Mervyn Miller I should n't ‘ surrender my birthright ’ — but I may have to sell it . |
| 12 | The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it . |
| 13 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But I may have become blind to its charms . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 17 | But I would 've never I would 've never said to your dad well he 's saying ah he were n't too broad in my opinion like but he was broader than your mother . |
| 18 | ‘ Sam Hall told me they wanted me to stay on — but I would have to accept a lease , ’ John said . |
| 19 | He expresses scepticism about Frankfurt 's boast of being able to fill their stadium for every session : ‘ I do n't think they will get 9,000 every day , but I would have achieved that here , where we have developed an audience for the game . |
| 20 | It has its pointers to the future , but I would have forgiven any Vienna professor in 1876 who failed to predict what was to follow . |
| 21 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 22 | My own ferrets are in fact retained for working purposes — but I would have to admit that , yes , they are probably pets too . |
| 23 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 24 | Obviously , having two amps means you 'll hear yourself better on stage , but I would have thought that a performer would prefer actual monitoring or foldback to come from a PA source ( ie. what the audience is hearing ) rather than a backline source . |
| 25 | There was a chance of a place on the Nursing Times Open Learning conversion course , but I would have to fund myself . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 27 | On the day when I was wilting with heat my feet were not in the least sweaty , but I would have liked more support — I thought it barely adequate except for lowland walking . |
| 28 | ‘ Mikhail … we are still comparative strangers , but I would have hoped you already knew me better than that . |
| 29 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose we could have gone but I would have preferred the holiday camp . ’ |