Example sentences of "but we did " in BNC.
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| 1 | We discussed how to identify the full costs of courses , and the mechanisms by which funding could flow , which could include funds through students , but we did not rule out all of this being government money . |
| 2 | We had very personal political views , but we did n't let them come through . |
| 3 | It probably was , but we did n't get up ; we are n't completely stupid . |
| 4 | ‘ They tried everything to convince us but we did n't buy it . |
| 5 | He was just doing the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album but we did n't know that , Anyway , we got in touch with The Country Club and they put us on the guest list and Cherry Vanilla , Wayne County and I , posing as journalists , went along to see him . |
| 6 | I had spoken to your father before on the telephone , when your sister was first reported missing , but we did n't cover all that much ground . ’ |
| 7 | But we did have fun . |
| 8 | People took them in for them other people what was sick but we did n't never have no dosh . ’ |
| 9 | But we did not create much poetry : we held each other tenderly , and he comforted me with kisses . |
| 10 | ‘ I know , but we did n't want to come here . ’ |
| 11 | But we did n't want to cause embarrassment — after all , they had just been awarded a ‘ Proddy ’ award for services to dogs ! |
| 12 | In all the years that The End magazine was printed in Liverpool , we never received a single letter about ‘ trainers ’ in America , but we did get hundreds about the training shoes the different football crews were wearing . |
| 13 | ‘ But we did ! ’ |
| 14 | Oh , we could have consigned it to memory if we 'd set our minds to it , but we did n't . |
| 15 | ‘ But we did n't lie together , except in the creative sense . ’ |
| 16 | At that time , thanks in particular to the work of Morgan and his colleagues on Drosophila , we had an abstract model of how genes are arranged on chromosomes , and of how they are transmitted from generation to generation , but we did not understand the chemistry of genes , or their replication , or their role in protein synthesis . |
| 17 | Chris Bazalgette of The Cricketer magazine , the organisers , says : ‘ They wanted to enter again but we did n't invite them . ’ |
| 18 | There is a four-wheel-drive Safrane Quadra but we did n't have one and it wo n't come to Britain , at least not initially . |
| 19 | ‘ But we did n't forget about him . ’ |
| 20 | We realised , however , that the hard-pressed Billeting Office would be unwilling to countenance a move unless we went ‘ two into one , ; but we did not mind at all the prospect of sharing . |
| 21 | On our first day we headed for that beautiful beach … but we did n't make it the temptation was too great to lounge by probably the largest and most stunning freshwater pool in the Canaries . |
| 22 | Gentle encouragement is given and the children are expected to do their best , but we did not hear a raised voice or see any need for discipline . |
| 23 | ‘ We needed uplighters , but we did n't have a regular enough ceiling grid for low-voltage halogens , so we had to use high-frequency fluorescents . ’ |
| 24 | But we did n't see any of that ; we did n't notice that , as O later put it , his eyes were n't just dark that night but almost blinded , blinded with grief . |
| 25 | In the unchanging landscape we drove but we did n't get anywhere . |
| 26 | On the second day the weather was as bad but we did n't get the very worst of it . |
| 27 | She did rub one melanoma causing it to weep but we did n't panic just kept it very clean and it healed perfectly . |
| 28 | ‘ They ’ did not come as far west as Fulham that night , but we did get it before the end of the week . |
| 29 | I suppose it was good for us , but we did n't think so at the time . |
| 30 | When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned . |