Example sentences of "but i [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , but I do n't mean that , erm , could you , would you write it as one plus two or one minus two or one multiplied by two or one divided by two |
2 | I was surprised to hear you have a fear of drowning , but I do n't expect that is bothering you on a big ship . |
3 | ‘ Mind you , she was a Belfast Protestant , but I do n't suppose that would cut much ice with Colonel Fagg . |
4 | ‘ They say foxes just take the weaker lambs , ’ Small said , ‘ but I do n't think that 's true . |
5 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
6 | He said that Microsoft would like to have the dominant position in the industry that IBM had a few years ago ‘ but I do n't think that will happen ’ . |
7 | As ITN 's Purvis points out : ‘ Increasingly , we 're going to find ourselves having to argue that news is good business — but I do n't think that 's too difficult . ’ |
8 | But I do n't think that will be the finding of the assembly council . |
9 | Erm but I do n't think that 's as important . |
10 | Well I have your answer Mr , but I do n't think that continuing this national . |
11 | She says I have changed but I do n't think that 's true . |
12 | I have though had a good ratio of women to men shown in the gallery but I do n't think that is what draws women to me . |
13 | I do n't know what progress is , but I do n't think that would really have been progress , " I said . |
14 | ‘ But I do n't think that 's the real problem . ’ |
15 | ‘ He may have been a fool , but I do n't think that was an accident . ’ |
16 | ‘ Some people wanted to kill it but I do n't think that 's a good idea , ’ said Grimma . |
17 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
18 | " But I do n't think that soldier even had a gun . " |
19 | I think the committee has already indicated its views but I do n't think that is its views where they may not have entirely coincided with a particular District Health Authority are really part of a dialogue towards consensus rather than any fundamental difference put it that way . |
20 | ‘ I know , I know , David , but I do n't think that would be a very good idea . ’ |
21 | ‘ On my own two feet if I have to , but I do n't think that will be necessary . |
22 | ‘ Football may be an expensive pastime but I do n't think that is why fans are staying away . |
23 | But I do n't think that 's affected me . |
24 | Yeah but I do n't think that 's gon na be such an easy case to . |
25 | Oh I thought oh I , I , I seemed to remember the Whitney Bay bit and I mean I do n't know what I 've done with the blinking programme last year , I mean they 're all in the magazine rack , but I do n't think that one 's there that was terrific that were n't it ? |
26 | Erm , it 's just that I had , I 'd told the auditors about but I do n't think that anybody 's and I was unsure we should do that with . |
27 | Erm , I got er , some rude jokes , but I do n't think that 's suitable . |
28 | Sorry to butt in again , but I do n't think that 's quite right , because this Plan Two , five years and sixty thousand miles , refers to manufacturer 's warranty , which might still be valid , and this supplements it . |
29 | I should think it probably would , but I do n't think that 's any reason for not starting it and for not seeing it as a major goal , because after all erm the travel market , as we 've heard , is extremely competitive erm people really do vote with their feet and if we do n't then people wo n't come here , and now we really have got a fight on our hands to encourage people to come here , particularly from North America . |
30 | And I it 's a difficult question and one I 'm not so sure has an answer er but I do n't feel that one can be in anyway specific about , the location of the new settlement certainly by district , cos the exercise has n't been done . |