Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm not here to play that role . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'm not here to make judgements , only to see if you 've broken anything . |
| 3 | ‘ I get criticised for not going to the cinema to see people 's reaction — but I 'm not there to review the audience . ’ |
| 4 | Erm the , the instructions I 've got is be courteous but we 're not here to answer questions . |
| 5 | But we 're not here to solve the robbery of a watch . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She has made a super fitness video and the advance royalties together with her earnings from a Swedish TV chat show have helped financially , but they are not enough to maintain her in Beverly Hills luxury . |
| 7 | But they were not even to stay for the rest of that year . |
| 8 | A few further discs did eventually appear , the Ecodisc and the Volcanos disc among them , but they were not enough to revitalise the fortunes of the Domesday initiative . |
| 9 | But he 's not here to see it , is he ? ’ |
| 10 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
| 11 | But it is not enough to talk about ‘ jobs ’ as if , provided enough people have jobs , all is well . |
| 12 | This willingness to forgive past wrongs is one of the few signs of hope for this benighted province ; but it is not enough to bring peace . |
| 13 | ‘ But it 's not enough to memorise the Green Cross Code — that 's like learning to drive without getting inside a car , ’ warns Professor Robert Grieve . |
| 14 | But it 's not enough to play like that once every ten weeks . ’ |
| 15 | Erm there 'll be seven lectures on this subject and that 's a fair number of course but it 's not enough to cover the full range of things that I 'd want normally to talk to you about and so what I 'm going to do is to aim to introduce you to some of the central concepts of foreign policy , of ways of analysing it , of the models that are used , the ideas erm er surrounding foreign policy and also to illustrate these with examples . |
| 16 | ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen . |
| 17 | Charlie Vane , Bob Taylor and John Page had a single win apiece , but it was not enough to stop Frimley who scored through Robert Brittain ( 3 ) , Dick Culver ( 2 ) and Peter Glass to take the cup 6–3 . |
| 18 | But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America . |
| 19 | Stand-in keeper Trevor Matthewson immediately produced a penalty save from Jimmy Quinn , but it was not enough to save the Blues . |
| 20 | But it was not enough to save the company 's jobs . |
| 21 | GARY Lineker scored his first goal today since being sidelined from the Japan League for three months with a broken foot but it was not enough to save Nagoya Grampus Eight from defeat in the opening match of the Nabisco Cup . |
| 22 | This was enough to show that he did not object to the aid in principle ; but it was not enough to satisfy the king , who refused his offer and demanded £1000 . |
| 23 | But it was not enough to commend Stanley to the City of Worcester Conservative and Unionist Association . |