Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've written the Variations but I do n't yet have the Theme' ! |
| 2 | Ward said : ‘ I know the capabilities of Chris Marples , but I do n't yet know enough about Lance Key . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Yeah , but I do n't normally do I ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | But I do n't just go in one shop , and I never buy anything without looking at the price . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I do n't like sayin' so , mister , but I do n't even 'ave the price of a night 's lodging . |
| 13 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 14 | ‘ Your name , ’ Ivan continued , ‘ has been linked with Gabriel Denham 's , but I do n't even see him here tonight . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But I do n't even know her — and anyway , what on earth can you talk about ? |
| 16 | But I do n't even know enough to handle Caliban . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I know it 's good , but I do n't particularly want to be reminded about how life felt at sixteen . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ But I do n't entirely understand why this correspondence should have been so … valuable . ’ |
| 21 | I slow down for some cows and greet many people but I do n't usually have to stop now , even for elders . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just period pain , Nurse , but I do n't usually have such a bad time . ’ |
| 23 | a lot of men are not very good at taking a women 's opinion but I do n't necessarily regard that as a translation into some form of male misogyny . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I hear what you 're sayin' Randy , but I do n't necessarily agree with ya . |
| 25 | Erm he claims the battery ran out before he got to his presentation on the course but I do n't necessarily believe him . |
| 26 | Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting . |
| 27 | I do look after the baby a little bit but I do n't often change her nappies . |
| 28 | We cook it as I say I mean but I do n't often go up the chip shop . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose so , ’ said Doctor Lanyon , ‘ but I do n't often see him now . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Sounds great in theory , ’ she speculated , ‘ but I do n't quite think it 's the same in practice . ’ |