Example sentences of "but [verb] n't [vb infin] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Draw up a list of 20 things you have never done that are silly but do n't cost much money and work your way down the list by doing one each day ( eg leave your car in the garage and hitch a lift , turn the daily newspaper into papier mâché , go to the shops wearing a funny hat , shake hands with the next 10 people you meet ) . |
| 2 | But do n't expect much more than pompous doggerel in the words . |
| 3 | I 've become interested in that odd-bod group NURSE WITH WOUND but do n't know much about them . |
| 4 | I do a lot of driving , but do n't know much about cars . |
| 5 | Late twenties perhaps , but did n't make much of an effort . |
| 6 | Every week we would have to adjust to new teachers ; it made us adaptable but did n't do much for our education . |
| 7 | Rocky played for 20 minutes but did n't do much . |
| 8 | The traditional way of practising scales — up and down the fretboard in two octaves — is great for technique but does n't help much for connecting your ideas all over the fretboard in any given key . |