Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] not [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I hoped Doone would net him soon , but I had n't much faith .
2 But I had n't any choice .
3 Maggie went across to him quickly , trying hard to think of something to take his mind off his sister 's minor crime , but she had n't much chance of that .
4 M. B. The Federation helped us but they had n't any teeth .
5 His Dad insisted he locked his bike , but he did n't this time .
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