Example sentences of "[noun] but they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every club years ago had a tough-tackling defender in their side but they did n't resort to the tactics he is talking about . |
| 2 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 3 | They got a five minute pep talk but they did n't get a sermon . |
| 4 | at Clevedon but they do n't seem to have much . |
| 5 | The fellers down there are always good for a laugh but they do n't know what any of the places are like . |
| 6 | Coxes have a sizable effect on their crews but they do n't dictate whether they win or lose . |
| 7 | It 's horrible I wanted Jarva but they did n't have it |
| 8 | Bangor had to abandon caution to rescue the match but they did n't reckon on another Eachus blunder putting it beyond their reach . |
| 9 | Bangor had to abandon caution to rescue the match but they did n't reckon on another Eachus blunder putting it beyond their reach . |
| 10 | Voice Of The Beehive are tonight 's special guests but they do n't turn up ‘ til nine so fillers The Janasen and Genius Feak go onstage and get lost in the chaos . |
| 11 | FALLING interest rates may be good news for home buyers but they do n't do savers any favours . |
| 12 | They cover every eventuality but they do n't take anything . ’ |
| 13 | I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " . |
| 14 | I love the magnolias but they do n't like the frost do they ? |
| 15 | So I thought well they had some white napkins but they did n't go , the did n't go with it . |
| 16 | I left it a while but they did n't break up , so I went over to see what was going on . |
| 17 | He says I 'd better go and check the money so he said erm but what he could n't understand was they wrote to him and said that they have n't paid the cheques but they did n't say anything about freezing his account ! |
| 18 | You may say the Americans were wonderful with their ambulances but they did n't pay for the dairy and half the animals were dead already or had to be slaughtered . |
| 19 | The parents do contribute an awful lot to the superego but they do n't seem to contribute everything , and the superego remember , is formed by the ego through an active process of identification internalization and there the ego itself is , is a factor and I think mentioned this . |
| 20 | As it stands the districts seem to be wanting their cake and eat it in that they would like er a policy restricting development in the open countryside but they do n't want it to come with baggage that is specific which says what the exceptions should be . |
| 21 | But Customs and Excise still call this industrial meths unless it 's pure etha , completely pure ethanol in other words , no water in it and then they can call it absolute alcohol but they do n't specify which alcohol it is look ! |
| 22 | If you chance to meet your college teachers when crossing the campus but they do n't stop to talk to you , do n't take offence . |
| 23 | I was looking for Kit-Kat but they did n't have any . |
| 24 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
| 25 | These single parents care about being mothers but they do n't care so much about being married and they care even less for being rendered dependent . |
| 26 | I mean er scrap iron , I mean I 've done that erm where we 've loaded scrap iron ships but they do n't do none of that now and when you load scrap iron put so much in on the floor and then dockers would pull it apart and then there 'd then , mean you got ta go and pull a lot of that scrap iron out , load that off , well that the stevedore would say . |
| 27 | The war having started in September , the RAF were accepting a few Americans but they did n't like his record . |
| 28 | Passengers are angry about the cancellations but they do n't blame the drivers . |
| 29 | Well he has n't gone bust but they do n't hire them any more |
| 30 | I had seen " choking " horses — the dry choke when the gullet becomes impacted with food but they did n't look like this . |