Example sentences of "[vb past] but [pron] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | She helped but she did n't tell me what to do all the time . |
| 2 | I shouted but you did n't hear , so I had to chase you . ’ |
| 3 | I stopped but he did n't and I wheezed after him . |
| 4 | He folded the paper away as we approached but he did n't stand up . |
| 5 | Nothing much to add except that Redfern scored but it did n't really matter . |
| 6 | They tell me they told but I do n't feel any effects from it at all . |
| 7 | In the unchanging landscape we drove but we did n't get anywhere . |
| 8 | I felt sure that I went there but I do n't think , I do n't know what happened but I do n't think they were ever so successful really . |
| 9 | I said let's wait and see how it prints and Vic agreed but I did n't get good vibes . |
| 10 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 11 | But it 's lasted about seven year , so you never can organ but once we did start I did enjoy the ones over here because over there when your kids were small you did n't go out much anyway but now that your kids are up you 've got it , and personally I enjoyed the ones that started but they do n't have Christmas dance , barn dances and things like this , they do n't org we have to have to organize like that ourself . |
| 12 | No my son went but I did n't go . |
| 13 | It was a late abortion it did n't work straight away , it m probably the baby died but it did n't come away from her you see and er , it was a shame , but she oh she was called a very bad woman you know because her husband was fighting for his country and and er you know . |
| 14 | Mr oh yes I remember him and the wife died but I did n't mind er |
| 15 | He 'd rather say his mother died but she did n't . |
| 16 | I listened but I did n't understand . |
| 17 | A difficult moment for me occurred when Phil Collins came on the show , simply because what I knew but he did n't , was that he was going to be my first guest on This Is Your Life the following week . |
| 18 | Well he did but we did n't sort of take Christopher . |
| 19 | that 's right , you did but we did n't , did we |
| 20 | Apparently she did but she did n't . |
| 21 | He sh he did but he did n't . |
| 22 | In the Victorian era it did but it does n't today . |
| 23 | I do n't care who told you I did but I did n't do that . |
| 24 | And , and did but I do n't know whether to take him on holiday Doctor . |
| 25 | Tammuz smiled but it did n't make him look cheerful . |
| 26 | Does n't make it any better if you messed about it picked up what I said but it did n't pick up very well what Jenny said . |
| 27 | ‘ OK , I wo n't , ’ I said but she did n't hear me . |
| 28 | Hepzibah did n't say what else he said but I do n't suppose , taking that for a guide , it was exactly friendly , do you ? ’ |
| 29 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 30 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |