Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I had n't yet realized that the answers had to come from me rather than from the therapist . |
| 2 | But I had n't actually looked at one , picked one up myself but she pinched four . |
| 3 | The man at the other end said yes , and how did Mr Dempsey like it , and I said it was wonderful but I had n't ever heard anyone call Venice the Leningrad of the South , and then there was a silence . |
| 4 | After work , I used to come home and watch television and , at weekends , I 'd maybe ask to go to the pictures , But I had n't really made any friends so I was still in a very narrow circle . |
| 5 | But I had n't really wanted to involve you . ’ |
| 6 | I have known turnstones all my life as common winter visitors to the coastal areas of Britain , and I have seen them on their breeding-grounds in Lapland and in Spitsbergen , but I had n't really expected to find that they were ‘ bird-table ’ visitors in the Seychelles . |
| 7 | I 'd got these figures down , but I had n't really got anything against them , he just quickly went through the percentages so yes . |
| 8 | But I did n't think they would put the band back together ; David had mentioned it a couple of times but I had n't really taken him that seriously . |
| 9 | I 've written the Variations but I do n't yet have the Theme' ! |
| 10 | Ward said : ‘ I know the capabilities of Chris Marples , but I do n't yet know enough about Lance Key . |
| 11 | But no , there are certain tracks which lend themselves and certain ones that you can make stretch to sound okay on just acoustic , but I do n't generally think like that . |
| 12 | I 'm all for loud singing and opposition-baiting at matches and other times , but I do n't normally Do The Dambusters , or worse still the ‘ who 's that dying on the runway ’ stuff . |
| 13 | Yeah , but I do n't normally do I ? |
| 14 | I can just put them down , but I do n't awfully like gladioli when they down I do n't think they look like . |
| 15 | They 've taken a print of Hugo 's Amex , but I do n't somehow think he 's on good personal terms with them , and you know how tight everyone is on expenses , these days . ’ |
| 16 | But I do n't just go in one shop , and I never buy anything without looking at the price . |
| 17 | Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’ |
| 18 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 19 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I do n't like sayin' so , mister , but I do n't even 'ave the price of a night 's lodging . |
| 21 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 22 | ‘ Your name , ’ Ivan continued , ‘ has been linked with Gabriel Denham 's , but I do n't even see him here tonight . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But I do n't even know her — and anyway , what on earth can you talk about ? |
| 24 | But I do n't even know enough to handle Caliban . |
| 25 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 26 | I know it 's good , but I do n't particularly want to be reminded about how life felt at sixteen . |
| 27 | Well she said I 'd sort of thought of going , are you going , I says yeah okay I said , if you wo n't go I 'll , we 'll go together , I said but I do n't particularly want to get , you know , roped into it at the moment . |
| 28 | ‘ But I do n't entirely understand why this correspondence should have been so … valuable . ’ |
| 29 | I slow down for some cows and greet many people but I do n't usually have to stop now , even for elders . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just period pain , Nurse , but I do n't usually have such a bad time . ’ |