Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [adv] does n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | A circumspect phone call to Sarah 's mother at this point usually reveals that the party is timed to end at 1am at the latest , that she is extremely sorry , but she simply does n't have room for all the children to stay and every other mother has already phoned . |
| 2 | He is deeply in love with Estella but she just does n't want to know him . |
| 3 | She needs to hide from reality but she also does n't want Mitch to see how old she is and the truth that she is hiding from : |
| 4 | Alan , can you feed back to Jenny what the state of play is , but she also does n't seem to have her document control particularly well organised and if you and D P , sorry D T P , re-issuing those guidelines , you should n't be . |
| 5 | ‘ Two years ago my wife changed to first class to ensure a seat — it 's another £700 — but she still does n't get one . ’ |
| 6 | But she still does n't have the same powers as her male peers . |
| 7 | I look up at all those stars and I think : He 's one strong sucker , God is , but he sure does n't give a shit about me . |
| 8 | Helmut Bradl has yet to win his first GP but he surely does n't have long to wait . |
| 9 | But he just does n't seem interested in women . |
| 10 | He 's starving but he just does n't seem to know it . |
| 11 | Your da knows you smoke , but he just does n't want to see you smoking already . |
| 12 | No he 's not small but he just does n't look the type that would fight . |
| 13 | He reckons like , he wants to be friends , but he just does n't want to go out with you any more . |
| 14 | But he definitely does n't get to me ! ’ |
| 15 | God knows what he really does think , but he certainly does n't think that . |
| 16 | But he certainly does n't want to walk with us to the end of the bridge . ’ |
| 17 | Not only does the picture add nothing to the text but it also does n't convey as much about the incident as the text . |
| 18 | But it just does n't operate here . |
| 19 | ‘ Believe me , ’ says Keith , ‘ if we could plug into a box and get all these sounds , we 'd be doing it , but it just does n't work that way . |
| 20 | I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed . |
| 21 | but it just does n't want to get too soft because that old hill you know it it does get a big of a drag . |
| 22 | Trying to keep our old boss happy and trying to keep the receivers happy but it just does n't work like that , you ca n't keep everybody happy . |
| 23 | but it just does n't seem to be working very effectively . |
| 24 | ‘ It makes it better for you if you do , but it probably does n't matter to the film , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Well , I park in Hackney , but it probably does n't count . |
| 26 | My order to attack undoubtedly saved a lot of other innocent lives but it still does n't give me peace of mind . |
| 27 | and it 's , it 's better than it was , but it still does n't have |
| 28 | I 'm fascinated by the political innuendo , but it still does n't make sense . |
| 29 | it looks alright , but it still does n't look quite right . |
| 30 | Düsseldorf may be an important economic and industrial city , but it certainly does n't look like one . |