Example sentences of "but [verb] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fought like a fiend , but made not a sound . |
| 2 | In the end Frodo does want to destroy the Ring but has not the strength . |
| 3 | This phenomenon is related to the last , but concerns not the translation of procedures from programs/software to machines/hardware , but rather the translation of procedures from one level of programming language to another . |
| 4 | The ‘ appearance ’ is of the wall stopping just as it reaches the board ; but do not the input systems deliver up the information that the wall continues behind the occluder ? |
| 5 | But do n't the house look lovely |
| 6 | But did n't the rise and fall of Bros and The Bay City Rollers take a little longer than one mad year ? |
| 7 | Erm but did n't the peasant culture already have erm sort of elements of collectivization alread I mean which the Communist Party could |
| 8 | She allowed herself to be shown out , allowed herself to be talked to but said not a word . |
| 9 | Lear had managed to attract 175 subscribers for the Parrots but had not the temperament or the means to press them for payment . |
| 10 | Or like my mum and dad , who were as keen as anyone to get off Earth , but had n't the gumption or the connections to get a work permit on an orbital . |
| 11 | She tried to resist but had n't the strength . |
| 12 | We all agree about the need to protect the general public against short measures , but does not the Minister realise that flat beer is just as bad , if not worse , than small beer ? |
| 13 | But does n't every band from that area maintain that they met in the Hacienda ? |
| 14 | ‘ But does n't the chairman of the club object ? ’ |
| 15 | But does n't the tree look splendid , sir ? ’ |
| 16 | Most people who ask for advice about a decision are really seeking condemnation : that is to say , condemnation of the choice they do not want to make but have not the courage to reject . |
| 17 | I 'd like some new ones but have n't a clue which to buy . |
| 18 | Now I think this came around , about , because you get the , the people , the women who want to wear fashionable clothes , it 's getting broader and broader and we 're sort of expanding downwards as it were , so you get women who have enough money to buy the material , to buy patterns , who have the skill to make dresses , but have n't the money to actually get a dressmaker to do it for them . |