Example sentences of "but [adv] did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not ! she wanted to shout , but suddenly did n't have the breath . |
| 2 | And then , I never went to sleep but I went sleepy but not did n't actually sleep . |
| 3 | Or rather , he could make them , but just did n't feel like abiding by them a few hours later . |
| 4 | JOEY DUNLOP cracked the lap record in the 600cc Regal race but still did n't manage to win . |
| 5 | Late thirties , ought to have made sergeant by now but probably did n't want to . |
| 6 | Mike McGill dropped in one evening but really did n't enjoy the 8ft transitions unlike Roddy Mullen who just shredded the flat concrete area surrounding the ramp . |
| 7 | James Callaghan , when prime minister , would have the subjects he planned to raise on a piece of card , but often did n't bother to raise them , as they gossiped about politics or took a stroll around the gardens on summer evenings . |
| 8 | The chivalry towards women which gentleman were supposed to possess — but often did n't — was a very real part of Neil 's nature , and , having seen what was happening , he could not stand by , or walk away , telling himself that it was no business of his . |
| 9 | But well-I did n't have that information you got from Nowak for a start , saying Taczek had confessed . |
| 10 | Galliano showed two hours late , which could have ruined him , but fortunately did n't because the press loved him and his audience welcomed him back with loud approval after an absence of two seasons ( due to the lack of financial backing ) . |
| 11 | Yesterday John and I climbed the horseshoe of Munros behind the Boar and the Sow , but fortunately did n't need the services of the overleaf-mentioned people . |
| 12 | We reached a deer park almost on the Point but unfortunately did n't see any deer . |
| 13 | ‘ I wanted something that was melodic but yet did n't sound like any conventional grouping of instruments . |
| 14 | ‘ But why did n't the first guest get the poisoned beef ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But why did n't you tell me about him before ? |
| 16 | But why did n't you tell me before that you believed in women 's lib ? |
| 17 | You may ask — but why did n't you say ? |
| 18 | Turns out , Deardrie , she 's applied to be an astronaut — I remember seeing the advert , asking for people to go to the moon — it 's not that I 'm jealous , but why did n't she ask me first ? |
| 19 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 20 | ‘ But … but why did n't she come and take me with her ? |
| 21 | But why did n't we get the best housing ? |
| 22 | ‘ But why did n't she tell us earlier ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But why did n't you tell me about it when I was here two days ago ? ’ |
| 24 | But why did n't you tell me that things would work out ? ’ |
| 25 | But why did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's lovely to see you , Daddy , but why did n't you let me know earlier ? |
| 27 | ‘ But why did n't you tell me sooner ? ’ |
| 28 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 29 | ‘ But why did n't you say anything ? |
| 30 | ‘ But why did n't David just tell me himself ? ’ |