Example sentences of "but [noun prp] do 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 | But Coppell does not want a public slanging match , saying : ‘ People do n't know what the relationship is like , and it would be incorrect of me to say anything else . |
| 10 | ‘ Headquarters in Dublin has OK 'd it , ’ Hardy had assured him , but Denis did not believe that , either . |
| 11 | But Jim did not do this . |
| 12 | But Isabella does not tell her story in linear sequence . |
| 13 | Grégoire called him ‘ uncle ’ , at his request , which caused great gossip in Paris , but Edouard did not care . |
| 14 | But Jazz did not seem to appreciate the beautiful simplicity of his achievement , and struck out at Nails under the water . |
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| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But Bella did not notice the tone : she was deep in her own private nightmare . |
| 20 | He regretted the abruptness of the question , but Surere did not appear to have noticed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But Pakistan does not have extradition treaties with most Arab countries and will not turn over a wanted man against his will . |
| 23 | But Sauvignon does not come better than this and to my mind the del Cero Sauvignon has more grace , character and length than the much-vaunted Cloudy Bay Sauvignon from New Zealand , which is comparably priced . |
| 24 | But Halliday does not attempt to address these preferences ; nor does he discuss language features which restrict a speaker 's choice of thematic elements . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But Woil did not move away . |
| 27 | But Lucy did not laugh . |
| 28 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 29 | From the hundreds of volumes at home , including Shakespeare , Chaucer , Spenser , Shelley , Keats , Byron , Tennyson , and Browning , the boys were encouraged to learn selected poems for recitation ; but Edward does not record where he had found and read Darwin 's Descent of Man and books of travel , sport , and natural history , especially the many copious draughts of Richard Jefferies . |
| 30 | But Aldhelm did not come . |