Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do not seduce twenty-four-year-old virgins every other day , Caroline … ’ |
| 2 | We were reminded that before he became party leader , Neil Kinnock had said , in relation to Peter Tatchell , ‘ I am not in favour of witch-hunts but I do not mistake bloody witches for fairies . ’ |
| 3 | It might strengthen my case to appeal to apparently neutral , non-political standards but I do not suppose that I would be saying anything useful about the nature of cognition . |
| 4 | No doubt it will cost money , but I do not suppose the money will be spent very quickly . |
| 5 | That anything he undertook or contemplated would be a thorough piece of work , I knew ; but I do not suppose I appreciated how much preparation he would have considered necessary , including intensive readings . |
| 6 | But I do not do it , because I do not wish to upset Señora Richards . ’ |
| 7 | I am Catholic and can not divorce but I do not want to divorce because I do not know him well enough to want to divorce him . |
| 8 | I do not want to die , James my son , but I do not want to live all my life in an English prison . |
| 9 | But I do not want you to marry me just because your parents wanted it . |
| 10 | For myself I do not care , but I do not want armed retainers terrifying my household by arresting me in the dead of night . ’ |
| 11 | I start to speak , but I do not want to lose the smoke . |
| 12 | Perry 's fags lay half out of their packet on the table , but I do not want to smoke . |
| 13 | It would be unfair to pretend that , but I do not want my hon. Friend to be carried away by the importance of it . |
| 14 | I shall say something this morning about the negotiation on political union , in which I am most closely involved , but I do not want to concentrate on those themes today , because the world has not obligingly stood still as we prepare the approach to Maastricht . |
| 15 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 16 | ‘ We do hope Mr De Klerk gets his mandate but I do not want to say there will be a review of policy in our dealings with his administration . |
| 17 | I want to help those in adverse circumstances , but I do not want to give it all back . ’ |
| 18 | The answer is 0.9 recurring , but I do not expect to be awarded great sums of public money for this discovery , which I freely give to the world ; nor do I demand the overthrow of government and its takeover by a gang of lower-class hooligans . |
| 19 | It is a modest proposition , but I do not expect the Minister to accept it . |
| 20 | ‘ But I do not feel I can do justice to that need here , in the uncomfortable cold of this cave . |
| 21 | But I do not regard these factors as justifying sweeping away the law which for so long has regulated the conduct of charitable corporations . |
| 22 | I neither would nor could have murdered him , but I do not regard him as a loss . ’ |
| 23 | The developments that occurred : the extraordinary behaviour of certain sections of the press ; and the later career of the Duke of Windsor , provoked in me both short-term and long-term disillusionment ; but I do not intend to go into any further detail here , though I can not repudiate what I said . |
| 24 | ‘ But I do not intend to do it forever , and I am very strong . |
| 25 | ‘ But I do not flatter myself that I can do anything about them . |
| 26 | ‘ I think we should join well before next summer , but I do not think … that the time to join is this week , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ I think we should join well before next summer , but I do not think … that the time to join is this week . ’ |
| 28 | But I do not think I have to worry about it — there is , oh there is , there really is , another kind of light between these walls , too luminous for words . |
| 29 | I could be , but I do not think I am . |
| 30 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |