Example sentences of "but it [verb] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been genuine fear on some of those people 's faces when she had mentioned Martin 's name , a fear she could appreciate after what had happened to her last night , but it had n't shaken her determination to get to the bottom of the story . |
| 2 | Pike based his appeal on the contention that he had fed the horse properly but it had n't absorbed it . |
| 3 | But it had n't sounded like the milkman somehow . |
| 4 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 5 | He reckoned the machine had swallowed his card , cos , he said , he 'd got his money and then waited for it to come out but it had n't appeared . |
| 6 | He had taken a bottle of cough mixture with him but it had n't helped much . |
| 7 | The dark circles under his eyes suggested he might well have spent the entire night going through them on a tape recorder , but it had n't helped . |
| 8 | I 'd seen it but it had n't sunk in . |
| 9 | but it had n't got the tape |
| 10 | It was true she 'd avoided him , had gladly left him to Merry , but it had n't occurred to her that he might be aware of that . |
| 11 | I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way . |
| 12 | She was only half alive , an empty shell who 'd sought to hide her deficiencies by becoming a part of a team , but it had n't worked . |
| 13 | But it had n't brought him any closer to her . |
| 14 | But it had n't flowered and as far as she could tell , had no intention of doing so . |
| 15 | Perhaps , but it had n't taken her long to work out what the boy really was . |
| 16 | The sea had gone out , his father shouted , but it had n't taken her with it because she had n't wanted to go . |
| 17 | Miss Malabedeely had looked embarrassed , discovered on her knees like that , but it had n't mattered because of her niceness . |
| 18 | Irene had fully expected that Douglas 's move to a new branch would lead to promotion , but it had n't happened . |
| 19 | But it had n't come . |
| 20 | The truth might have stopped him despising her , but it had n't put an end to desire . |
| 21 | She had had real coffee once or twice on the ‘ pomps ’ raids down into Mexico , but it had n't seemed special . |
| 22 | Well , now I 've been past many a field of hay but it does n't smell like it used to in my young days . |
| 23 | I had plenty of time to explore it , but it does n't go anywhere . |
| 24 | But it does n't go down big in our circles . |
| 25 | That 's right , but it does n't go as far as the Glen , |
| 26 | It goes in the right direction in so far as it does aim to re to continue to reduction in migration , but it does n't go far enough . |
| 27 | But it does n't go far enough . |
| 28 | but it does n't go into it very thoroughly but erm you can send off for like an information pack . |
| 29 | But it does n't go that far . |
| 30 | Now what the Labour Group are doing is super , but it does n't go far enough . |