Example sentences of "but we [adv] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we surely do not know these on the basis of experience . |
| 2 | The more detailed and precise analyses on which these conclusions are based are taken from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ' 1976 Family Formation Survey ( Dunnell , 1979 ) , the latest available major national survey on this topic which includes detailed housing and fertility histories , but we simply do n't have more up-to-date evidence on which to make judgements . |
| 3 | We 're profitable but we normally do n't compete with anyone else for getting the work . |
| 4 | But we probably do n't inspect and give advice to people who 'd like us to , because they 're not a priority , and we do n't have the resources to do that . |
| 5 | I do n't want to survive only on donations , but we just do n't have the resources to buy much . |
| 6 | We may be better off with health care contracts if money follows the patient as the government er intends it to do , but we just do n't know and that 's what we 're investigating at the present time . |
| 7 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 8 | I know they 've had several attempts at that but we still do n't think they 've got it right . |
| 9 | The conodont animal has been found , but we still do n't know what it is . |
| 10 | But we still do n't know much about the man himself apart from his age ( 59 ) , and that he went to Shrewsbury School at the same time as Michael Heseltine . |
| 11 | But we still do n't know it all . |
| 12 | That shows how much energy is available , and it is very attractive to try and harness this , but since the turn of the century there have been over a hundred patented devices to extract energy from the waves , but we still do n't have a single commercial one operating . |
| 13 | But we still do n't find out what his first name is . |
| 14 | But we really do n't want to get involved in exchanging single notes . |
| 15 | seventy five per cent way up , now there 's something in the human spirit that actually says I would like to change that , but we really do n't want the children to die in Somalia do we ? |
| 16 | But we really do n't feel it should be done as openly as this within a community of young families and children . |
| 17 | We talk a lot about those thermal plumes but we really do n't know much about them . |
| 18 | On Tuesdays we may have a school football match but we usually do not have one . |
| 19 | Kverneland ( UK ) Limited reckons to have in excess of 50% of the UK semi-mounted market , but we certainly do not sell anywhere near 850 of these units each year . |
| 20 | We get some of our funding from the Home Office , but we certainly do n't cost them £1,000 a week — nowhere near . ’ |
| 21 | Right , now erm , the next item is the prisoner , but we actually do n't have a prisoner at the moment do we , because our , we have , we eat , every Amn each Amnesty Group has er usually nowadays one er given to look after and our most recent prisoner was er Sabri Lushe , is that the right one ? |
| 22 | But we deliberately do n't have much food in the fridge — that way , we keep temptation at bay ! ’ |