Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PNP staff attending these courses complained of being told what to do but not how to do it , and of receiving dismissive or baffled responses to their anxieties about coping with colleagues who were reluctant or unable to accommodate to new ways of working . |
| 2 | Wouters turns Caxton 's famous quotation on its head and says ‘ things formerly forbidden are now allowed ’ , but not only does he not go into detail as to what these things might be , he certainly does not suggest that ‘ things now allowed are actively engaged in ’ . |
| 3 | But not only does it have some , it has some astonishing rarities . |
| 4 | But not only do they have to be tough motorists … they also have to be skillful photographers and writers too . |
| 5 | But not only did she see herself , small , sitting there ; she also saw through herself ( because the telescope , with its hollow inside , was her ) and she saw that she was hollow . |
| 6 | But not once did he see a young girl . |
| 7 | He had spent much of the trial gazing around the court room particularly into the public gallery , but not once did he see Carol . |