Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | But I do n't choose to sell myself , do you see ? ’ |
2 | ‘ I enjoy driving fast cars , but I do n't miss the superficial adulation that goes with it . ’ |
3 | But I do n't miss living next door to that peculiar man , that |
4 | I would n't say that exactly , but I do n't miss nothing . |
5 | But I do n't stay a week or so any more . |
6 | ( laughs ) And I do wear it now and again , but I do n't wear it every day . |
7 | ‘ But I do n't wear socks , ’ he pointed out . |
8 | I know , but I do n't wear brown . |
9 | ‘ Thanks , but I do n't smoke . ’ |
10 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
11 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
12 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
13 | I used to smoke at school , but I do n't smoke now , I 've not smoked since I left school ! |
14 | I think Laverne is exaggerating but I do n't chance a feel . |
15 | On that occasion he said : ‘ This is the first time I have done anything like this , but I do n't apologise for it . |
16 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
17 | Some of my methods may be a little unorthodox , but I do n't cheat the law . ’ , |
18 | I think about making some coffee , but I do n't bother in the end — it ai n't worth it just for me . |
19 | But I do n't blame Francis not going that road . |
20 | But I do n't blame them for that , if the situation is such that er , er the ladies are scared of the strangers whether he 's er coloured or probably the er or white people as well . |
21 | But I do n't blame you , Angel . |
22 | If anything , I suppose I could complain that you 've tried to take her from me — but I do n't blame you for that . |
23 | She has apologised , of course , but I do n't blame her — she was n't used to working here , and she had erred on the side of safety , so all is well , and you , Shelley , had done nothing wrong . |
24 | But I do n't blame you . |
25 | But I do n't sleep |
26 | ‘ But I do n't eat anywhere near that amount of fat in a day , ’ I hear you say , and of course in the form of butter or pure fat , no doubt you do n't . |
27 | I do n't , I cook for Stuart , but I do n't eat it . |
28 | I have a few close trusted friends and family , but I do n't open up my heart to all and sundry . ’ |
29 | After all , just look round any bar and you 'll see that everybody there , myself included ( you too if it 's your kind of bar ) , has in their time been both The Boy and The Older Man , both Banker and Domestic , Ingenue and Other Woman , booted Prince and stirrup-holding Groom — but I do n't mean either that you should have complete license to make him look just how you wish ; I do n't want to think of anyone hearing this story and grinning and thinking of Boy as some permanently , conveniently smiling blue-eyed blonde , because he was not that in any way and that is not what he meant to us . |
30 | No , but I do n't mean to be patronizing . |