Example sentences of "but [pers pn] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stands to reason you do n't get much for that sort of money , but I done well , I reckon . |
| 2 | ‘ Not enough to play up my ulcer , of course , but I do just tick over . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe , but I do also firmly believe in action . |
| 4 | I hate to say this but I do rather think from the bruising that someone did it to him . ’ |
| 5 | I went , erm I have n't for a while , I said but I do very occasionally cos I he goes |
| 6 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 7 | But I do now . |
| 8 | I did n't in the beginning but I do now , she can be funny although a bit bitchy at times . |
| 9 | I did n't understand what she meant about sometimes you owe more to strangers , but I do now . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't love you before , but I do now . ’ |
| 11 | I mean at first I did n't know what you mean , but I do now . |
| 12 | Neither did I. But I do now . |
| 13 | I do not say that in any criticism of the existing police authorities , my experience as Home Secretary I have to admit now some ten years ago was that on the whole they did a very good job , but I do now accept that the importance of law and order today demands a broad approach and possibly some new ideas . |
| 14 | But I do now . |
| 15 | Of course it 's early days yet , I suppose , but I do so wish there was someone I could tell the whole story to . |
| 16 | When I was in Hawaii I practised for eight or nine hours a day ; now I practise a lot less , but I do so a lot more efficiently and effectively . |
| 17 | And then Clelia sighed heavily , and looked sadly at Clara 's Japanese wooden egg puzzle , which she had been trying all this while to do , and said , " How very dull for you , to hear all about my affairs , but I do so like to tell the story of my life , it makes me feel as though things hive re ally happened to me , whereas otherwise they seem not to happen . " |
| 18 | Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house . |
| 19 | It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so . |
| 20 | But I do so like having you in the game . |
| 21 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 22 | But I do actually , I do actually think it 's fair enough to say that the parish council can be , and should be , more clear , more direct in telling people what it 's doing . |
| 23 | It may well be that they 're doing it , with er other ways of doing it and er that 's , that 's discussion , but I do actually think that there is sometimes something to be said , and I think a group can say it more easily than individual , is if you want something done , do it , but do n't come along and complain . |
| 24 | but I do actually think that one considers they 're playing a part in the community . |
| 25 | I 'm not making a million dollars a performance , but I do damn well , and I do n't think people should make a million dollars for a film . |
| 26 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
| 27 | I never expected it to be easy , but I do sometimes wish for those moments that I experienced in the distant past , when the umpire used to say , ‘ game , set and match ’ , and you shook hands before entering the comparative safety of the changing room . |
| 28 | I 'm not supposed to look after the ledgers now , but I do still keep the PoSition record for the ships , and sometimes I have to get a ledger to check a sailing date . |
| 29 | ( He did not remark , but I did later , that if anyone truly deserved the title of ‘ egg-head ’ , it was Belgion , with his huge bald , smooth , oval-shaped head . ) |
| 30 | But I did also say to Mrs , that a new head would be appointed to take the imports from the first of September , that it might be better to discuss it with them after I 've discussed with Miss . |