Example sentences of "[pron] but they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told you , two or three cars passed me but they did n't stop . ’ |
| 2 | So you remember them but they do n't have any significance because you do n't link it up with an emotion , or with a situation , or with other er ideas , they 're kind of isolated . |
| 3 | I keep asking them but they do n't have a clue is what she said . |
| 4 | I wanted a grey one but they did n't have one . |
| 5 | Well they just kind of recognized the principles do n't they but they do n't ensure that they 'll actually put them into practise . |
| 6 | They but they do n't know what caused that fire er they reckon it was an electrical fault from the generator that er supplied the it was a s a fifty watt bulb in each room and there was mainly for the radio . |
| 7 | Well I do n't know whether they 'd get it but they do n't want to upset people , the fact that they 've been really inconvenienced by not having it does n't seem to come into their thinking . |
| 8 | They have n't practised or anything but they do n't need to . |