Example sentences of "but i [verb] [not/n't] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 2 | In actual fact I 've got a friend and I go potholing with him , we meet , he 's a Kendall farmer , he 's a a sheep farmer and er , we meet and he says you know what I 've got a problem with on my land , not foxes dogs and walkers that have n't got them on the leads and crows at lambing time cos they peck their eyes out and things of that calibre , he says yes , I 'll tell you what I 'll bet you I 've had animals taken by foxes he , he says I probably have , he said but I 've not had this kind of unindeighted killing as . |
| 3 | As I say I ought to have had savvy enough , Edgeware Road , the first part of it , is purely commercial as you know , er er erm but I had n't realized that at the time . |
| 4 | But I had n't got much but I 'd got on my feet . |
| 5 | I know , but I do n't wear brown . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | But I do n't anticipate any real onslaught from you , somehow . |
| 8 | Well , we 've got our cost reductions as an ongoing process er , so it 's never complete , you 're always looking for ways to , to become more efficient or effective but I do n't anticipate any redundancies er , any further redundancies but obviously if , if , if systems become available which improve our efficiency and effectiveness we , we have to take account of it . |
| 9 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Mind you , she was a Belfast Protestant , but I do n't suppose that would cut much ice with Colonel Fagg . |
| 12 | But I do n't suppose this bunch of morons we 've got here will ever read it because by the look of them they are never going to learn to read any thing ! ’ |
| 13 | I daresay we have all tried to forget about it , but I do n't suppose any of us has succeeded — except Willy . |
| 14 | But quickly now , she said , ‘ I must go ; but I do n't regret this , Charlie . |
| 15 | But I do n't regret this accident . |
| 16 | ‘ They say foxes just take the weaker lambs , ’ Small said , ‘ but I do n't think that 's true . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | But I do n't think that will be the finding of the assembly council . |
| 21 | Erm but I do n't think that 's as important . |
| 22 | Well I have your answer Mr , but I do n't think that continuing this national . |
| 23 | She says I have changed but I do n't think that 's true . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I do n't know what progress is , but I do n't think that would really have been progress , " I said . |
| 26 | ‘ But I do n't think that 's the real problem . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He may have been a fool , but I do n't think that was an accident . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Some people wanted to kill it but I do n't think that 's a good idea , ’ said Grimma . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | " But I do n't think that soldier even had a gun . " |