Example sentences of "but did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She liked the script about a young couple in the then fashionable Swinging London , but did not feel it was quite right for her . |
| 2 | This could cause problems , when , for example , a client read something nasty about Harvard in the Daily Mail , but did not feel able to mention it . |
| 3 | Ianthe felt that some kind of explanation for her presence at this unusual time and with a young man was expected , but did not feel herself capable of providing it |
| 4 | I wonder how many others would have liked to sign it but did not feel that they should . |
| 5 | He said he would support such a committee but did not feel it was appropriate that the department was represented on it . |
| 6 | Often patients , particularly newly diagnosed people , were unsure about an aspect of their diet or treatment but did not feel they should bother their GP or hospital . |
| 7 | It 's sensual , yes , and passionate but did not deserve the criticism that it was soft porn . |
| 8 | The man swallowed , but did not lift his head . |
| 9 | Specifically , the DoE ‘ granted ’ derogations for supplies where nitrate exceeded 50 mg/litre but did not exceed a three monthly average of 80 mg/litre and a maximum of 100 mg/litre ‘ except in exceptional and transitory circumstances ’ . |
| 10 | He looked at her vaguely , but did not drink . |
| 11 | Cornelius raised his glass but did not drink from it . |
| 12 | She knew that the police do not have white cards , but did not press them further on the issue . |
| 13 | In 1859 Beresford headed a protest against the Derby ministry 's reform bill but did not press his opposition to a vote . |
| 14 | She added : ‘ We fetched a doctor , called the police , remonstrated with the neighbours , but did not prefer charges . ’ |
| 15 | The trial succeeded in finding several organisational problems but did not achieve its secondary objective because it became clear that the breadth and depth of knowledge needed by the individuals were implicit in the experience needed to do the job and that the individual could work quicker and chop and change subject more easily than the expert system . |
| 16 | the wreckage but did not expect to find anyone else alive . |
| 17 | When he had opened the case as Lou Collins presented it to him before dawn , he had not seen any direction-finding device , but did not expect to . |
| 18 | He had a deep , consciously formulated desire not to be sexual at all , but did not expect to be believed if he said so . |
| 19 | At the recent IWC annual meeting , Iceland and Brazil , both previously die-hard whaling nations , abstained from voting for a total ban on whaling , but did not vote for a continuance . |
| 20 | There were supposed irregularities in the cheques , some of which had been endorsed over to third parties allegedly in breach of authority , so the administrators issued but did not serve a protective writ . |
| 21 | Dmitri stirred but did not wake . |
| 22 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 23 | She willed her eyes to remain open until she felt her sister drift away from her into sleep , and then she prodded her ; Caterina groaned , but did not wake . |
| 24 | The orange glow to their right faded but did not disappear . |
| 25 | Enterprise Engineering made a small operating profit , but did not meet expectations due to a reduced level of work from its major oil industry customers . |
| 26 | Enterprise Engineering made a small operating profit in 1992 , but did not meet expectations due to a reduced level of work from its major oil industry customers . |
| 27 | These stocks were attractive to banks and discount houses but did not meet with strong demand elsewhere and no more were issued subsequently . |
| 28 | He was arrested in 1661 and 1662 but did not engage in seditious activity until 1663 , when he became involved in the Farnley Wood or Yorkshire plot . |
| 29 | In spite of the war , trolleybus conversions continued for the time being in other parts of London , but did not affect the Croydon area directly . |
| 30 | The FMLN stated that the handover demonstrated its " willingness to negotiate and its support for a political solution and peace " but did not affect its anti-aircraft capability . |