Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have got quite friendly now , but she does n't necessarily know all that goes on in Robert 's mind . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , yes , but she does n't always believe me . ’ |
| 3 | Susan says she does it , but she does n't really do it ! |
| 4 | But she does n't really look as though she 's broken loose . |
| 5 | She says it 's because the water is pure from the mountain but she does n't really believe it 's just that . |
| 6 | The community psychiatric nurse comes occasionally — I never know when — and she sympathizes ; nice girl but she does n't actually do anything useful . |
| 7 | Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind . |
| 8 | The new mother is often terrified of making a mistake but she does not really know what is the best thing to do . |
| 9 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They do n't see me as a health professional who knows it all , but who does n't really understand ; they see me as a disabled person . ’ |
| 10 | Courses are generally run by two ESL specialists , one of whom is an experienced trainer but who does not necessarily have classroom teaching experience in the subject area being addressed while the second is chosen because they have worked in the subject area , usually as part of a language support team , but sometimes because they themselves have training and/or experience in the subject area . |
| 11 | So erm , anyway I went back in to him , I kept going up and down , I left him for a while , but he does n't normally cry like that |
| 12 | But he does n't even try to ignore a deep , child-like , abiding rage . |
| 13 | ‘ I think he 'd like to sometimes , but he does n't really know how . ’ |
| 14 | But he does n't really know , because he does n't really listen . ’ |
| 15 | Sun could simply cut prices on its diskless workstations to fend off the X terminals crowd , says X Business Group analyst Greg Blatnik , but he does n't really believe it , preferring to think they will join the fray instead . |
| 16 | You know what Richard thinks about Suez , but he does n't really listen to me — how do you think that makes me feel ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , ’ said McAllister demurely , ‘ he may organise us and look in occasionally , but he does not exactly take part , you know . ’ |
| 18 | But he does not simply pontificate from his position as an excellent photographer , or regurgitate standard procedures . |
| 19 | It is significant that in his affidavit evidence the debtor criticises the quality of the advice he received , but he does not otherwise query the reasonableness of the charges . |
| 20 | In general , a potential X does not have all the rights of an X. Prince Charles is a potential King of England , but he does not now have the rights of a king . |
| 21 | Ethnocide or something approaching it revolts him , but he does not usually wish to champion the preservation of cultures simply as museum pieces . |
| 22 | The Bill provides a little extra competition and regulation on the margin , but it does not fundamentally transform the regime . |
| 23 | A procedure on the other hand , is specifically intended to carry out a number of actions , some of which may affect program variables , but it does not directly return a result . |
| 24 | But it does not directly question these identities . |
| 25 | But it does not now have these rights although it is highly desirable ( for us ) that its future progress towards them be facilitated . |
| 26 | The new editorial policy complicates the process of producing authorised versions , but it does not substantially change it . |
| 27 | But it does not always achieve these aims . |
| 28 | This is a good system for some educational purposes — for example the provision of inserts to lectures — but it does not always give the user the control of the machine which makes video such an effective tool in language teaching . |
| 29 | Derkinderen and Crum do well to remind us of this , but it does not really invalidate the portfolio-grid approach . |
| 30 | This distinction may be justified from a limited epistemological standpoint , it might be said , but it does not really make sense in physical terms . |