Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say I ought to have had savvy enough , Edgeware Road , the first part of it , is purely commercial as you know , er er erm but I had n't realized that at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew he was dead , but I had n't lost him . |
| 3 | But I had n't realised that there were extensive Roman ruins as well , and that the wide valley waited for archaeologists to dig deeper . |
| 4 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 5 | I rang her every day , but I had n't seen her during the time I 'd been living at Eva 's ; I could n't face any of them in that house . |
| 6 | I thought of all the possibilities , and it seemed to me it was there all the time , but I had n't seen it . |
| 7 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 8 | Doone gave me a sorrowful stare , but I had n't given a thought to his wanting secrecy . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd put the new tyre on , but I had n't tightened up the wheel . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd said " a bit beyond the village " , but I had n't said which side . |
| 11 | Coffee , croissants and the morning papers had seemed very attractive on setting out , but I had n't bargained on being stuck for ages in Kilburn on the way home . |
| 12 | I suppose it 's always been there , but I had n't noticed before . |
| 13 | But I had n't noticed him clocking the fact until the day he decided to bugger off to Box 29 with Veronica . |
| 14 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 15 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've played with Steve at youth and reserve level , but I had n't played much before with Ray , because he 's so young even by my standards ! ’ |
| 17 | I began to feel ashamed of my nosiness but I had n't intended to be nosey : I was just curious . |
| 18 | But I had n't asked her to do so , and when she began making a nuisance of herself I told her she 'd have to leave our office there . |
| 19 | He could swear but I had n't got to do . |
| 20 | Well I was a bleeding age but I had n't got a job and erm I decided to keep on and we actually used a lot of our August summer holidays to help move the stuff from to School . |
| 21 | But I had n't got much but I 'd got on my feet . |
| 22 | She answered calmly and shuffled over to the fireplace , but I had n't had my say yet . |
| 23 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 24 | But I had n't looked at many other places . |
| 25 | I 'd seen no sign of Mala , but I had n't expected it , since she 'd been right about us being less obvious if we were apart . |
| 26 | " Well , " the McLaren girl said , " I guess the whole thing was kind of a bother , but I had n't thought of it that way . |
| 27 | There had been one or two religious groups in school , I remembered , but I had n't belonged to any of them and I was fairly sure Alec had n't either . |
| 28 | The aunts had sat half-veiled in the evening , talking in Arabic and French and sometimes in English for me , but I had n't listened . |
| 29 | Well I used the word to mo er in a report I was writing years ago it was ten years ago and I knew what I meant but I had n't sat down and defined what I meant , perhaps I should have done . |
| 30 | But I had n't brought anything like that with me , all my things were jumpers , so I thought — let them get used to it . |