Example sentences of "but he [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 'e do n't listen . ’ |
| 2 | 'E looked like an Italian but 'e did n't speak like they do . |
| 3 | Philip thought he must have seen him but he had n't , because he stopped and whistled again , looking up towards the cliffs . |
| 4 | But he had n't dared bring his Dad 's saw . |
| 5 | But he had n't had the guts to do it . |
| 6 | Mrs Wright had given him the key to lock the door but he had n't locked it . |
| 7 | The sixteenth-birthday fantasy was a cherished one , but he had n't found any takers yet . |
| 8 | For the first time in all his journeys he found a room that was completely empty , but he had n't the time to investigate it , or any of the others he entered . |
| 9 | He wanted to take another look at the chart but he had n't time . |
| 10 | Mariana did n't respond but he had n't expected her to . |
| 11 | He had written telling them about his recent marriage to Rachel in Sydney , but he had n't given any address or any details of the wedding . |
| 12 | He did n't really mind which one , the Hallé would do for a start , but he had n't the faintest idea how to go about it and nor had anyone else . |
| 13 | But he had n't . |
| 14 | But he had n't seen anything . |
| 15 | It was the same thing , his sister then , his father now , Georgia walking towards a beating in the school yard , Dad fighting for breath in his red chair , he wanted to save them , only he could do it , who else was there , but he had n't , he could n't , not really , but the wanting to , the failure to , you could n't get away from that . |
| 16 | But he had n't , of course . |
| 17 | It had sounded commonplace enough but he had n't quite believed it and nor , he suspected , did she care whether or not he did . |
| 18 | ‘ However , current Education Minister John Patten said he regarded Church schools as making a crucial contribution to education but he had n't actually consulted them about opting out . ’ |
| 19 | It did n't complement anything much , but he had n't seen it before . |
| 20 | Peter knew that Julian gambled , but he had n't expected him to gamble to that level , and certainly not to use the shop as security . |
| 21 | No one was hurt , but he had n't ventured behind the wheel of a vehicle since that day , ’ Andrew says . |
| 22 | IT 'S business as usual , Bryan insisted as he finally emerged from his Chelsea home to face the press — but he had n't reckoned with PC — Police Clamper — Nigel Legge . |
| 23 | But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu . |
| 24 | He knew that he could have carried the coffee into the comparative serenity of his study but he had n't the courage to get to his feet . |
| 25 | He had , as Dalgliesh knew , grudgingly respected Kate 's ability to look down at the butchered bodies in St Matthew 's vestry and not be sick , but he had n't liked her the better for it . |
| 26 | But he had n't forbidden her . |
| 27 | But he had n't actually made it an order . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's escaped from prison , ’ Hari said quickly , ‘ but he had n't done anything , it was someone else who cheated and lied and Craig was the one to take the blame . ’ |
| 29 | She had had a wickedly subtle conversation with him , a very enquiring one , but he had n't given a thing away . |
| 30 | He had n't been welcome then , was n't welcome now , but he had n't pushed his luck as hard when the target had been a corporation and no casualties , as when the target had been an American government servant , dead . |