Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [vb past] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francie paused in rolling his cigarette and frowned as if his brother had said too much ; but Melanie did not notice . |
| 2 | London slid past but Melanie did not look at it . |
| 3 | Their hands lay laced together on the chair arm , but Lisa did not look at him as he put to her , ‘ Of course you have to think of Emily , but surely there must be a couple of men out there who are capable of being a good father to your daughter ? ’ |
| 4 | He smiled as he said it , but Lisa did not smile back . |
| 5 | Karen waved until her arm ached , but Jessica did not see . |
| 6 | But Raoul did not listen . |
| 7 | Many members of the Admiralty were furious with their First Lord when the temporary appointment was ratified on November 28 , but Churchill did not give a fig . |
| 8 | But Truman did not hesitate to intervene in the next crisis in the Far East , when North Korean troops invaded the South Korean Republic on 25 June 1950 ( CORE , pp. 150–51 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Headquarters in Dublin has OK 'd it , ’ Hardy had assured him , but Denis did not believe that , either . |
| 10 | But Jim did not do this . |
| 11 | Grégoire called him ‘ uncle ’ , at his request , which caused great gossip in Paris , but Edouard did not care . |
| 12 | But Jazz did not seem to appreciate the beautiful simplicity of his achievement , and struck out at Nails under the water . |
| 13 | Lord 's fitness had a lot to do with his rally from a 2-0 deficit in games but Newton did not help his cause by incurring numerous conduct penalty points . |
| 14 | But Horsley did not seem to see things like that , and he had cheered them up mightily with a little speech congratulating them all and insisting ‘ the team ’ must stay together . |
| 15 | But Bella did not notice the tone : she was deep in her own private nightmare . |
| 16 | He regretted the abruptness of the question , but Surere did not appear to have noticed . |
| 17 | The West Midlands Area Tories , to which organisation Arden belonged , were holding a dance to the music of the Majorettes , but David did not fancy being enveloped in clouds of blue tulle . |
| 18 | But Marie did not notice these things : she was too preoccupied with trying to look inconspicuous as she hurried , head down , past the reception desk . |
| 19 | But Woil did not move away . |
| 20 | But Lucy did not laugh . |
| 21 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 22 | But Aldhelm did not come . |
| 23 | But Rennenkampf did not move and one can only conjecture why . |
| 24 | That hurt , but Shiona did not show it . |
| 25 | But Stein did not use a check in his pianos , neither did Sebastien Lengerer of Kufstein in a piano of 1793 , nor did Johann David Schiedmayer of Erlangen in a piano of 1794 , nor did Johann Schmidt of Salzburg in a piano of 1794 . |
| 26 | But Riven did not think he would sleep again that night . |
| 27 | But Ruth did not care . |
| 28 | For the rest of the journey Maria prattled on about Bradford , but Ruth did not hear a word . |
| 29 | Rourke gave her an answering smile , his mouth curving attractively , but Lissa did not hear his murmured reply . |
| 30 | I had tried to tell him that the world had changed drastically , but Bonefish did not want to believe in change . |