Example sentences of "but do n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also worthwhile spending time at this point examining the things that you know you can do but do n't bother with . |
| 2 | I 'm leaving this evening and you 're coming with me , even if I have to help you pack , but do n't bother with anything except the basics . |
| 3 | ‘ Good question — but do n't bother to deny it , laddie . |
| 4 | ‘ OK , but do n't bother to cook for me . |
| 5 | I said phone me if you 're coming but do n't bother if you 're not so it looks like she 's not . |
| 6 | Yeah you do each one that you took in the list and then do do n't do the result if it 's c or above otherwise you do n't fit it , apparently that 's what she said she sa do the result if it 's good but do n't bother if it 's bad , or something . |
| 7 | BELVILLE : Well , be it so , but do n't defer till the last day of the second week . |
| 8 | Borax will also kill them , but do n't sprinkle it in areas children or pets go , as it 's harmful . |
| 9 | People nod their heads but do n't dance . |
| 10 | I trip over a log and fall but do n't hurt myself . |
| 11 | I saw the way you and Joe — but do n't hurt Terry . ’ |
| 12 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 13 | They get the ingredients ready but do n't cook until the last minute , preparing the second course while the first is being eaten . |
| 14 | Draw up a list of 20 things you have never done that are silly but do n't cost much money and work your way down the list by doing one each day ( eg leave your car in the garage and hitch a lift , turn the daily newspaper into papier mâché , go to the shops wearing a funny hat , shake hands with the next 10 people you meet ) . |
| 15 | If you fancy colouring your hair but do n't fancy the idea of unsightly regrowth , why not send for Andrew 's fabulous Style Colour ? |
| 16 | And these are people like you say have got pride in finishing things off , you know there 's a lot of people within groups who do n't mind starting things off but do n't fancy finishing them . |
| 17 | A Dormitory Suburb is an expression used to describe an area outside a large town where people have their homes and sleep but do n't do anything else very much — they work in the town and very often come into the town for their social life as well . |
| 18 | Fig. 5 also shows how the board is fitted to the panel — but do n't do this just yet . |
| 19 | We can incrementally manage our way towards open systems component by component , ’ is his message to users , ‘ but do n't do it all at once — and remember it does n't necessarily mean Unix . ’ |
| 20 | But do n't do it too often , or your story that life with her is intolerable wears a little thin . |
| 21 | you have commas but do n't do a comma before the last so er if I said tonight I 'm going to have sausage , egg , chips , beans , tomatoes and cake . |
| 22 | ‘ Why you had to is a mystery to me , but do n't do me any — ’ |
| 23 | Er , a few handlebars and whatever else and , but , but but do n't do it like the British bikers , do it like an American bar , so it can be cleaned and |
| 24 | erm but I would say , on the whole , my guess is that there are many girls that perhaps could go into science and could make contributions to science but do n't do so simply because their families do n't understand it and the schools do n't support them . |
| 25 | But do n't stoop ; one simply lets them go |
| 26 | But do n't admire me for just being able to speak and stand still . |
| 27 | Once more , the familiar is comfortable and supportive , but do n't neglect to get up and walk around the building — or better still , around the block — from time to time , to stimulate the supply of oxygen to the brain . |
| 28 | But do n't sit them directly on the base of the pond , where the filter will soon become clogged with sediment . |
| 29 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 30 | But do n't sit too close to the road , as some of the old buses and trucks leave a trail of black smoke as they struggle up Funchal 's twisting , narrow streets . |