Example sentences of "but it [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , now I 've been past many a field of hay but it does n't smell like it used to in my young days . |
2 | I had plenty of time to explore it , but it does n't go anywhere . |
3 | But it does n't go down big in our circles . |
4 | That 's right , but it does n't go as far as the Glen , |
5 | It goes in the right direction in so far as it does aim to re to continue to reduction in migration , but it does n't go far enough . |
6 | But it does n't go far enough . |
7 | but it does n't go into it very thoroughly but erm you can send off for like an information pack . |
8 | But it does n't go that far . |
9 | Now what the Labour Group are doing is super , but it does n't go far enough . |
10 | Symbolically , it was a significant moment , but it does n't go much beyond symbolism . |
11 | ( More quietly ) You scream and choke and sink to your knees , but it does n't bring death home to anyone — it does n't catch them unawares and start the whisper in their skulls that says — " One day you are going to die . " |
12 | But it does n't pay to be too jumpy , and run away from every approaching shape , or there 'd be little time left for anything else . |
13 | Okay , but it does n't pay out on redundancies , it 's just a sickness and accident policy . |
14 | But it does n't pay |
15 | That 's the difference between Knightshayes and some of the lovely old seventeenth-century gardens where you have a beautiful garden with no connection with the outside ; is suits the houses but it does n't blend . ’ |
16 | I stress local : Verkhovensky 's group psychology is plausible enough but it does n't engage with anything wider or further that he proposes to do . |
17 | It 's a very nice letter , but it does n't tell me anything : ‘ Healthy people are like healthy animals , they eat when they 're hungry , and they do not agonise over every meal . ’ |
18 | It may not be very nice some of the time but it does n't tell lies . |
19 | but it does n't tell you what kind it is |
20 | But it does n't tell you . |
21 | You hit his conscience and it gives , but it does n't hurt him at all . |
22 | The triage nurse is always qualified and experienced , but it does n't hurt you to see how it 's done . ’ |
23 | It puts so much more pressure on but it does n't panic me . |
24 | ‘ But it does n't alter the fact that Fernando and Maria Luisa just let us both go , and maybe it was to do with their culture and their ways , something we did n't understand , something we did wrong . ’ |
25 | It can make me feel like doubting , it can bring me to the place where I question it , but it does n't alter the fact we can be totally sured , totally certain of our salvation , because God has said it . |
26 | I mean , I know on the plans are not very good , but it does n't show where there is a roof , presumably there 's a roof beside it , just like trellis . |
27 | Yeah , but it does n't cost him anything ! |
28 | Well , I suppose that er er i it i it is a barrier of some , some sort , some sort , but it does n't strike me as being a very strong one , er and all of this you see is and I say this to Noble Lords in all parts of the House , all of this is part of the continuing destruction of local authorities |
29 | To speak of further training programmes now may sound like a mere desperate remedy , but it does n't mean anything as arduous or as expensive as the full training of your drama school . |
30 | If you can sell biscuits , you can probably sell crisps , but it does n't mean to say that if you can sell these you can sell dresses or bicycles . |