Example sentences of "but [pers pn] do n't [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 |
2 | But I do n't anticipate any real onslaught from you , somehow . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ Mind you , she was a Belfast Protestant , but I do n't suppose that would cut much ice with Colonel Fagg . |
7 | 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 ! ’ |
8 | I daresay we have all tried to forget about it , but I do n't suppose any of us has succeeded — except Willy . |
9 | But quickly now , she said , ‘ I must go ; but I do n't regret this , Charlie . |
10 | But I do n't regret this accident . |
11 | ‘ They say foxes just take the weaker lambs , ’ Small said , ‘ but I do n't think that 's true . |
12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
13 | 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 ’ . |
14 | 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 . ’ |
15 | But I do n't think that will be the finding of the assembly council . |
16 | Erm but I do n't think that 's as important . |
17 | Well I have your answer Mr , but I do n't think that continuing this national . |
18 | She says I have changed but I do n't think that 's true . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | I do n't know what progress is , but I do n't think that would really have been progress , " I said . |
21 | ‘ But I do n't think that 's the real problem . ’ |
22 | ‘ He may have been a fool , but I do n't think that was an accident . ’ |
23 | ‘ Some people wanted to kill it but I do n't think that 's a good idea , ’ said Grimma . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | " But I do n't think that soldier even had a gun . " |
26 | I think the committee has already indicated its views but I do n't think that is its views where they may not have entirely coincided with a particular District Health Authority are really part of a dialogue towards consensus rather than any fundamental difference put it that way . |
27 | ‘ I know , I know , David , but I do n't think that would be a very good idea . ’ |
28 | ‘ On my own two feet if I have to , but I do n't think that will be necessary . |
29 | ‘ Football may be an expensive pastime but I do n't think that is why fans are staying away . |
30 | But I do n't think that 's affected me . |