Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she said , ‘ but I prefer not to chat while someone 's singing . |
| 2 | There 's no doubt that both marriages were a mistake , but I try not to blame anyone and I certainly do n't feel resentful towards my ex-wives . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , but I try not to think of those days . |
| 4 | Malcolm tries to look strong , but I pretend not to notice . |
| 5 | There must be a teapot , but I 've not discovered it as yet . |
| 6 | Mark S. sent them summat , but I 've not seen us there yet . |
| 7 | Well I know , but I 've not seen it . |
| 8 | Kevin 's been done but I 've not given him anything back in writing yet , which I 've go to do . |
| 9 | But I 've not heard anything of him since I last left food and some clothes for him , and that was three days ago . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 11 | But I 've not done it yet . |
| 12 | There are ways of converting the voice stuff into a more standardised format , so that it can be heard by different systems , but I 've not learnt how to do that yet . |
| 13 | I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper . |
| 14 | She has but I 've not had time to er assess her yet . |
| 15 | In actual fact I 've got a friend and I go potholing with him , we meet , he 's a Kendall farmer , he 's a a sheep farmer and er , we meet and he says you know what I 've got a problem with on my land , not foxes dogs and walkers that have n't got them on the leads and crows at lambing time cos they peck their eyes out and things of that calibre , he says yes , I 'll tell you what I 'll bet you I 've had animals taken by foxes he , he says I probably have , he said but I 've not had this kind of unindeighted killing as . |
| 16 | I think when he was so near to death I thought bloody hell I bet it 's that nightmare but I 've not mentioned , do n't mention it |
| 17 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 18 | There were gulls flying and calling , but I had not disturbed the main colony , and I thought that I would have heard if he had been working below the cliffs at the north-west point . |
| 19 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 20 | It may have been my stupidity , but I had not realised it . |
| 21 | But I had not become a member of the church . |
| 22 | That was fine , but I had not reckoned with the excitement the case aroused in the popular press . |
| 23 | But I had not had a winner since December 27 when Mr Entertainer won at Kempton Park , and many of my horses had been sick . ’ |
| 24 | My bitterness was real , but I had not spoken wildly ; the words were uttered with calculation . |
| 25 | But I had not forgotten how she had lied , and behaved so badly to me as well as to Edgar Linton , so I did not feel sorry for her , or encourage her to talk . |
| 26 | I had thought it would be fun , but I had not expected to be able to rock 'n' roll by the end of the evening . |
| 27 | I 'm responsible for the sort of overall management , but I tend not to get out as much as say , Area Housing Officers , they 're more sort of at grass roots . |
| 28 | ‘ Remiss of me , but I tend not to socialise . ’ |
| 29 | I knew where it was — she kept everything valuable stuffed down the side of an old sofa — but I pretended not to notice . |
| 30 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |