Example sentences of "but [pron] did [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted it to be an apple charlotte , but I did not want another in fiction after that in Howards End . |
| 2 | I was n't very sympathetic , but I did not strike any blows to her face , ’ said Mrs Swales . |
| 3 | Like in the Trossachs , the mountain bikes leave their marks but I did not meet any . |
| 4 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 5 | John Conway , a mathematician at Cambridge University , had already developed a similar but more poetic notation but I did not see this until the summer of 1979 . |
| 6 | Nobody had taken any notice of me so far , but I did not mind that . |
| 7 | I was not my parents ' child , but I did not know that then . |
| 8 | This , of course , was nothing to be ashamed of , but I did not realize that at the time . |
| 9 | My running told me that I had been wasting my time all those years , but I did n't regret that too much . |
| 10 | But I did n't want that . |
| 11 | ‘ We had a lot of splendid gardening friends with woodland gardens , but I did n't want that , I wanted a garden in a wood . |
| 12 | ‘ I wanted to keep a Victorian flavour but I did n't want all the dark , heavy aspects of a Victorian house . |
| 13 | But I did n't make any hard and fast decisions about giving up painting at all . |
| 14 | But I did n't shout any more . |
| 15 | ‘ It hurt , all right , ’ he said , ‘ but I did n't expect that to be the result of the accident . |
| 16 | Well you 're right yes , it would be this year but I did n't go much at the end of last year did I ? |
| 17 | Occasionally I would join Robins on the bridge ; at other times , when all was going well , he would come into the saloon to join me in a drink served by a Cockney steward called Tomkins ; the choice was limited , but I did n't drink much anyway . |
| 18 | But I did n't drink much , did I ? |
| 19 | On the return ride my pannier fell off but I did n't discover this until I reached Petone . |
| 20 | ‘ No , of course not , but I did n't bring much . |
| 21 | Yeah , I thought of that but I did n't think that could be right . |
| 22 | Mr Fletcher , 64 , from Ormskirk , said : ‘ I thought it was a good snap and sent it off but I did n't think any more about it . ’ |
| 23 | It was supposed to be work experience , but I did n't do much work other than stare at the test card , and this was a pretty boring experience . |
| 24 | I did worry about how fit I 'd be , but I did n't do much about it . |
| 25 | I do n't care who told you I did but I did n't do that . |
| 26 | Her face white , she whispered , ‘ But I did n't do any of those things — you know I did n't . ’ |
| 27 | But I did n't mean that |
| 28 | No , no , no , I take your point , but I did n't mean that , it 's the way I 'd read the press release , I was n't the one reading it , so certainly they it would that would be please do n't forget I mean no one is going to really knock for your English |
| 29 | But I did n't pay much regard to that : that were all in the day 's work . |
| 30 | I first saw him when you were sitting out on the veranda ; but I did n't pay any attention to him . |