Example sentences of "[adv] but do " in BNC.
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| 1 | After tea , Clare pulled the sitting-room curtains together but did n't switch on the light ; she preferred to watch the firelight flick shadows over the walls . |
| 2 | I do n't , I mean we do n't have them much but do we really ? |
| 3 | Escaping is bad enough but doing it in the middle of the night is inexcusable . |
| 4 | Practise speaking your answers out loud but do not learn them off by heart . |
| 5 | She generates interesting theories , offers stimulating possibilities , makes her pitch for a long exploration , and all but does the dance of the seven veils to persuade Rainbow to join her on a journey of self-discovery . |
| 6 | ‘ Your Grace , I and two others were some way behind , bringing up the spare horses , and came on the scene only in time to see Sir Edmund at grips , and the battle all but done . |
| 7 | Midwife Christine Hall told the hearing that she could not remember whether she notified the registrar when she noticed some deceleration in the heartbeat at 4.25pm but did so when she became worried at 7.30pm . |
| 8 | I mean obviously not not desperately but do you think he does n't think oh she 's a complete |
| 9 | Yeah well I mean I was there and all they did was they did n't say anything to each other , in the same room , just acted totally normally but did n't say anything to each other . |
| 10 | I hope to see you at one of the shows soon but do join me here next month for hints on lace knitting . |
| 11 | The other boy speaks averagely but does not do the rest . |
| 12 | I shall gladly give way if he wishes to make an announcement — The Prime Minister simply smiles enigmatically but does not otherwise respond . |
| 13 | This may be so for the population of probationers generally but does not apply to the AEC sample . |
| 14 | We have n't go the space here to thank everybody individually but do feel Lynn deserves a special mention for the comprehensive weaning article in this issue . |
| 15 | ROLL UP For girls that want to achieve the brilliant set looks which have been inspiring us lately but do n't want to roll their hair everyday , Zotos may have the answer . |
| 16 | Plus within my environmental thing I would like to be able to see if we can get four areas within the school and what I was thinking about , not the big areas outside in the gardens etcetera but do you know as you walk along from our corridor up past the dining hall and there 's that little bit of enclosed space |
| 17 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 18 | Do n't speak too quickly but do not ‘ overmouth ’ words by speaking in an exaggeratedly slow manner . |
| 19 | If it smouldered quickly but did not burst into flame , the temperature was judged to be right — an archaic method that worked . |
| 20 | ‘ It is a fantastic achievement to win here just once but to do it six times is amazing and a very special feat . ’ |
| 21 | The proximal arm spines approach midradially but do not form a single fan . |
| 22 | Teacher dictates role for listener as friend , etc. but does not specify attitude . |
| 23 | If it is daytime try reading a book , talking , playing cards , etc. but do not nap . |
| 24 | Right but do n't forget to put your brackets on it 's not sort of sine of nine X squared it 's |
| 25 | Creatinine clearance values varied widely but did not differ significantly between the two treatment groups ( mesalazine=90 ( 47–172 ) ml/ min , sulphasalazine=85 ( 48–153 ) ml/min ) or between the treatment groups and the healthy colunteers ( healthy volunteers=79 ( 34–180 ml/ min ) ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 26 | George served both but did n't cook . |
| 27 | They had most of the game throughout but did not make the most of their opportunities in the first-half while in the second-half , with the driving rain at their backs , they pressed Watton back with a series of corners . |
| 28 | What she did like was a roundabout where you went up and down gradually as over waves , in a car that swung slightly but did n't turn . |
| 29 | Rune stirred slightly but did n't awaken as Gina 's wandering finger followed the hollow of his cheekbone , grazing against the blond stubble of his jaw . |
| 30 | A number of manufacturers provide a filestore facility that handles the storage of data files in a way that uses backing storage efficiently but does not allow the user any opportunity to optimize file performance . |