Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He defined shared values in the 1980s in the broadest sense , But I maintain not only that it is valid to speak about shared values in that sense , but also that it is that commonality that defines us as a society . |
| 2 | But I 've not yet met a bank who 's good at it . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 've not yet eaten , ’ he said . |
| 4 | but I had n't yet realized that the answers had to come from me rather than from the therapist . |
| 5 | But I had n't actually looked at one , picked one up myself but she pinched four . |
| 6 | The man at the other end said yes , and how did Mr Dempsey like it , and I said it was wonderful but I had n't ever heard anyone call Venice the Leningrad of the South , and then there was a silence . |
| 7 | But I had n't really wanted to involve you . ’ |
| 8 | But I did n't think they would put the band back together ; David had mentioned it a couple of times but I had n't really taken him that seriously . |
| 9 | I 'd been to thirteen convents but I had n't really been to school properly because I was working by the time I was thirteen . |
| 10 | After work , I used to come home and watch television and , at weekends , I 'd maybe ask to go to the pictures , But I had n't really made any friends so I was still in a very narrow circle . |
| 11 | I have known turnstones all my life as common winter visitors to the coastal areas of Britain , and I have seen them on their breeding-grounds in Lapland and in Spitsbergen , but I had n't really expected to find that they were ‘ bird-table ’ visitors in the Seychelles . |
| 12 | I 'd got these figures down , but I had n't really got anything against them , he just quickly went through the percentages so yes . |
| 13 | But I had n't really . |
| 14 | I took , wait till I tell you come here , I I was gon na make Kelly and me sandwiches but I had n't enough for Dee and his girl and er I was n't gon na make tea for , for |
| 15 | But I had not voluntarily given up my ‘ lecturing ’ ; my institute had closed on account of the Cyprus situation , and I had to make do with inadequate ‘ private means ’ , even ‘ touching capital ’ , which would have deeply shocked Ivy . |
| 16 | But I do n't completely sort of detest her or anything . |
| 17 | I 've written the Variations but I do n't yet have the Theme' ! |
| 18 | Ward said : ‘ I know the capabilities of Chris Marples , but I do n't yet know enough about Lance Key . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Yeah , but I do n't normally do I ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | But I do n't just go in one shop , and I never buy anything without looking at the price . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I do n't like sayin' so , mister , but I do n't even 'ave the price of a night 's lodging . |
| 29 | ‘ Your name , ’ Ivan continued , ‘ has been linked with Gabriel Denham 's , but I do n't even see him here tonight . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But I do n't even know her — and anyway , what on earth can you talk about ? |