Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 2 | Ince , like Palmer , ca n't finish and will never score goals but he does n't need to with Paul Gascoigne and David Platt , Alan Shearer and Ian Wright … so different to Old Trafford where there is terrible pressure on everyone , anyone , to get a goal . |
| 3 | ‘ I take a bit of stick from the younger drivers but it does n't worry me , ’ said Eric , print pre-production manager at the Courtaulds Packaging Betts Tubes site in Stevenage , UK . |
| 4 | However she did not work in isolation of the sales figures and shop reports , which she read avidly and , as she wrote to Moira : ‘ I feel that we hit it in many respects but we do n't seem to repeat the exciting things fast though . ’ |
| 5 | We never starved and we were healthy kids but we did n't get any pocket money , there was none to spare . |
| 6 | She 'll only spend it on more booze and meths but I do n't care . |
| 7 | were , there was bible teaching and all sorts but I do n't know . |
| 8 | It 's one of these I E words but it does n't make an E sound does it ? |
| 9 | She smacks her lips but she does n't say anything . |
| 10 | Now Paris may well be the inspiration of poets and troubadours but I do n't remember it as the fabled Athens of the West . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to get three or four more experienced lads in their mid-20s to help bring on the youngsters but I do n't want players who are 30 . ’ |
| 12 | Talei said later : ‘ I was thrilled to have found my real parents but I did n't know how I could possibly get out there . ’ |
| 13 | They 're trying to blame it on the parents but you do n't get a set of |
| 14 | Well I 've got lots of acquaintances but I do n't know that I necessarily want to put them on the erm |
| 15 | Coxes have a sizable effect on their crews but they do n't dictate whether they win or lose . |
| 16 | It was better than the other one , it might of been the seats but I do n't think so because I mean there was so much in this one |
| 17 | She was vaguely conscious of passing through occasional stations but she did n't wake up until a soft shaking of her shoulder gently brought her to life . |
| 18 | Well cos , for the sake of ten days there er er er erm Martin was gon na fix the problem , erm within ten days but we do n't wan na have to go back and reprint everything cos the unit statement 's perfectly valid . |
| 19 | I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often . |
| 20 | I was in hospital for five days but I do n't remember anything about that , either . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He must have been around for years but I did n't know what his name was . |
| 23 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 24 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
| 25 | Lee did n't shake it like they did in the films but he did n't carry on with his tantrum . |
| 26 | FALLING interest rates may be good news for home buyers but they do n't do savers any favours . |
| 27 | Cos I was gon na use colours but I do n't know if it 's going to or not now . |
| 28 | I think they have made some positive statements but I do n't know whether it will work that way or not . ’ |
| 29 | I may have reindeer antlers but I do n't have Santa Claws ! |
| 30 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |