Example sentences of "but [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing had prepared her for the angry letter she received from the Duke of Edinburgh , says Morton . |
| 2 | But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building . |
| 3 | The Cabinet had been summoned for 5 o'clock , but nothing had leaked out . |
| 4 | It seemed like hours since she had slipped away to find Ace , but nothing had changed much . |
| 5 | She had been coldly beautiful until the day she died , but nothing had brought her happiness . |
| 6 | We 're checking out the name but nothing 's come up so far . ’ |
| 7 | Er Alcuin want twenty fifth anniversary but nothing 's come about that has it John ? |
| 8 | ‘ I deserve a world title shot but nothing 's happened . |
| 9 | Yeah I know but nothing 's happened since that time to change what we originally agreed |
| 10 | A government deal to bring hours down to 83 hours a week was agreed last June … but nothing 's happened yet . |
| 11 | Of course there have been discussions between the Trust and civil servants but nothing has gone to PESC ( the expenditure talks ) . ’ |
| 12 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 13 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 14 | But nothing has happened . |
| 15 | I suffered dreadfully but nothing has happened to him . |
| 16 | ‘ The British Legion has been in touch with Warrington Borough Council about putting a plaque on the cenotaph but nothing has happened yet . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The war has finished , but nothing has changed . |
| 18 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 19 | But nothing has has really changed it 's surely implicit that green field sites will have to be released to meet the justifiable needs for development erm that there are ways clearly to minimize the impact by by first redeveloping the existing sites by by releasing sites in less sensitive locations , or developing sites that have minimal impact on on existing settle settlements or patterns of development un unless in exceptional circumstances there is for example the need for a new settlement . |
| 20 | But nothing has come of it , and the only way to reach Wadi Halfa from Aswan is by a regular boat service that plies the lake . |
| 21 | He obviously desired an immediate reply but nothing has come to light to suggest that there was one , favourable or otherwise . |
| 22 | ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ had just been released in England and David was doing well with it , or so I 'm told , but no-one had heard of him at all in America , so Tony DeFries gave us each a box of 25 albums to just give to whoever we thought was cool , which actually turned out to be a pretty good idea . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | They saw better and I had more space to work in ; but no-one had thought of it before . |
| 25 | For part of the trip in a flat bed truck they 'd been acompanied by armed guards , but no-one had told them why . |
| 26 | But no-one had caught her . |
| 27 | He said as he stepped on the ‘ plane : ‘ I would love to come back for another season at Portadown — but no-one has said anything to me . |
| 28 | But no-one has dismissed it as a rogue poll . |
| 29 | I 've tried numerous shops , but no-one has heard of them . |
| 30 | Others have discovered that if you depress a note behind the slide , the string passes under it enabling it to sound ; but no-one has taken the technique to the extent that this man has . |