Example sentences of "[adv] but [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group might knock heads together but it does n't seem designed to do the equally important job of explaining what is happening to staff and patients . |
| 2 | It is clear then that MP goes significantly further than VP ; it may follow naturally but it does not follow ‘ logically ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ There is a body inside but we do n't know yet if it is Mr Spiro . |
| 4 | I stress local : Verkhovensky 's group psychology is plausible enough but it does n't engage with anything wider or further that he proposes to do . |
| 5 | You do n't we were u we had to use the immersion did n't we cos w we moved in in the June and Lofty and Brian said well do n't have it done cos you 're not gon na use until August so we they did it August time for us so but we did n't use Servowarm cos it had blown up , they just disconnected it for us , so we used the ho the immersion heater |
| 6 | Mm , I 'd hope so but I do n't think so . |
| 7 | I hope so but I do n't think so |
| 8 | I 've asked him about that and what he said is that er , he was saving up and he was going tax the vehicle as soon he was able to do so but he did n't have the funds and er , to do so at , at that time . |
| 9 | and then he asked me then and erm , he did n't know whether to ask me or not , well he knew , he knew more or less I 'd say yes anyway , cos I more , I 'd already said yes , but not to his face , so but he did n't know whether to because Henry fancied me |
| 10 | When he come , when his first one on , said she bet nobody , why Alice come last night at six o'clock but I did n't put them on , I was only at the , I take to the shops you know you do , you have to put the name who you 're talking to on |
| 11 | And you visit them for there was one time we visit them for fourteen day daily but I do n't think they do it now . |
| 12 | I knew all these stars were a long , long way away but they did n't look far away . |
| 13 | I feel like giving him away but I do n't know whether I would , but I feel like it . |
| 14 | Erm , but on the other hand we had early season , you know , from Stuart and he seemed to interest in away but I do n't know why he did n't play much at the end of the season . |
| 15 | Well no I care I care if Tina 's not well and hope she gets better soon but I do n't care if |
| 16 | Of course they could read the monthly pack anyway but they do not see this as the same as actually having to insert each change in its correct place . |
| 17 | It is suggested that he moves downstairs but he does n't want to . |
| 18 | so 's tonight I 'm a different person cos I 've put make up and I went and got my hair done and I feel different tonight but I do n't feel under pressure that I have to wear make up all the time cos nobody treats me any different whether I 've got make up on or whether |
| 19 | Erm I 'll attempt to do that tonight but I do n't hold out much hope so do n't hold your breath . |
| 20 | I was gon na get a good film for tonight but I did n't have my card |
| 21 | I do n't have r.s.s. access anymore but I do n't care cos they 're all horrible and blether on endlessly about red scouse , arse or scum or else the goddamn Paraguayan League . |
| 22 | Well , she knew that already but it did n't balm the pain . |
| 23 | Yeah possibly but I do n't think they , do , they do n't , I mean they , they lived in Germany for a while have n't they , so , I do n't think , oh no , did n't they go to Cyprus one year Pete and Colin or am I dreaming ? |
| 24 | ( 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 . |
| 25 | Mr Nagdi had been carrying a gun when he left for work yesterday but he did not get a chance to use it . |
| 26 | Surely it is implausible to suppose , taking Russell 's example , that I do know what I did yesterday but I do n't know that the world did not begin five minutes ago replete with archaeological and other traces ( Russell , 1921 , p. 159 ) . |
| 27 | I I told you when it was yesterday but you did n't remember ! |
| 28 | Perhaps he did not touch her very deeply but he did not shock her either , her body moving easily , without apprehension , beneath his ; her mind remaining open to the possibility of sensation , observing his pleasure with affection — glad that he should have it — yet wondering more and more frequently if a similar capacity for such joyful sensuality lay concealed somewhere within herself . |
| 29 | and then he had he 'd only had a couple I think before he went home but he does n't drink much see . |
| 30 | I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson . |