Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] n't [adv] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no , there are certain tracks which lend themselves and certain ones that you can make stretch to sound okay on just acoustic , but I do n't generally think like that . |
| 2 | They 've taken a print of Hugo 's Amex , but I do n't somehow think he 's on good personal terms with them , and you know how tight everyone is on expenses , these days . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Sounds great in theory , ’ she speculated , ‘ but I do n't quite think it 's the same in practice . ’ |
| 4 | But I do n't always think personally , it 's a |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mean to be nasty or anything but I do n't really think we could work together , do you ? ’ |
| 6 | And in a sense it happens to be English language and English literature that I teach , but I do n't really think I 'm teaching that , what I 'm doing is helping people to think , hopefully , and have ideas and excite them about ideas and think about themselves and the way they live . |
| 7 | If some project comes up during the course of the year , I would have thought that it might be appropriate to erm er cobble the name of centenary onto it , but I do n't really think that this year we just commit ourselves to something just because there 's a hundred years of parish government coming up . |
| 8 | Erm it , it was a bit restricting , er but I do n't really think the , the , the discipline did us any , any harm you know . |
| 9 | I actually I I intend to believe you actually have been sent by the Jehovah 's Witness to defend the indefensible , it 's a kind of like a and I I y'know , I 'm I 'm sorry but I do n't really think this actually deserves that . |
| 10 | I 'm quite friendly with a lot of stars but I do n't really think of them as celebrities , more as friends . |
| 11 | You know what I mean and erm she wants this job because she wants the money and , but I do n't really think that you know , she , she er , had the time to two jobs because she has three young children anyhow , I know that 's her problem , erm you know who looks after them or what . |
| 12 | I mean it 's , I mean er , we still consider , I mean in many ways it 's , it 's Breckland but particularly Norfolk we want to particularly their members we want to get , we want to get to , I mean er , you 'll need obviously great support authority District Council but er , er I will , I will consider that , but I do n't really think it 's necessary for that |
| 13 | Yes , I suppose I could have phoned , but I did n't even think of that alternative . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I did n't really think I had a chance because I have n't acted before , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Yeah , but I did n't really think about it like that . |
| 16 | ‘ But you do n't really think it was me ? ’ |
| 17 | I would like to emphasize that erm the Greater York authorities have n't lightly arrived at erm the strategy for a new settlement , er we have been driven to it by a very careful examination of the development possibilities , firstly around the edge of York , and secondly around the various villages , we know these areas erm intimately from our day to day planning work , and on two occasions , once in connection with the Greater York study , and secondly in connection with drawing detailed greenbelt boundaries we have tramped around the edges of all these settlements and looked very carefully at the possibilities for development , erm the possibilities have been taken up in the development equation , which the County Council has put in front of you , which does still include er some development around villages and around the edge of the city without harming greenbelt , but we do n't really think we can go much further , and that 's what has driven us to the conclusion that er a new settlement must play a part in the longer term development equation for Greater York . |
| 18 | It means they 're going to treat you like a grown-up , but they do n't really think you are and anyhow they 're jealous of you . |