Example sentences of "[indef pn] but [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) In the epistemic sense of ‘ appears ’ it makes no sense to say that the sea appears to be blue to someone but he does not know it , or that line AB appears to him to be shorter than line BC but he does not know it , or that the young lady/old woman figure appears to him to be a drawing of a young lady but he does not know it . |
| 2 | Well if you fancy a black one there 's plenty but she do n't fancy them ! |
| 3 | I propose Elizabeth that you circulate Jenny 's reprocedures to everyone but we do n't know with them , that we will read them prior to the next meeting and agree them at the meeting papers turning I have got to assess papers turning take one . |
| 4 | And , so I popped in and asked Douglas if he 'd got any going for next to nothing but he does n't have anything down his size . |
| 5 | Billy was gon na do something but it did n't work out . |
| 6 | He said you were gon na give him something but you did n't know how long , long it 'll last when I was in the kitchen you said I 'll put this on but I do n't know how long it 'll last no |
| 7 | Then the cops did do something but I do n't know if it was a tip-off or dumb luck : they raided some farmhouse up in Tuscany and found her still alive . |
| 8 | Fifty t I thought they were fifty something but I did n't know . |
| 9 | The name meant something but she did n't know what . |
| 10 | I wanted a grey one but they did n't have one . |
| 11 | The approach adopted by the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act is a utilitarian one but it does not reflect the reality of the situation by failing to recognize that all computer output is the result , albeit in many cases the indirect result , of human skill and effort . |
| 12 | The issue of prior approval for grant-aid is a vexed one but it does not wait upon the outcome of the EEC Structures Review in order to be resolved . |
| 13 | I thought , when I went and opened the windows I saw the other one but I did n't see the |
| 14 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |
| 15 | No , I 've got one but I do n't want another one . |
| 16 | Well we have got one but I do n't believe I 've ever seen him . |
| 17 | And then of course , we we also made the , at my firm , made the er Battle of Britain curtain , which was very famous , in those days , and I think they 're still I used to have one but I do n't know where the devil it went to . |
| 18 | Well I 'd be happy to give you the name of the particular one but I do n't know whether it applies to the young . |
| 19 | hardback one but I do n't know if it 's right one . |
| 20 | He only took the one but he did n't take two . |
| 21 | No no no they should be informed , they should know about everything but I do n't think they , they should |
| 22 | They have n't practised or anything but they do n't need to . |
| 23 | When she came out I stood there waiting to see if she noticed anything but she did n't seem to . |