Example sentences of "but they do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Differences exist between the media of tempera and oil , or oil and acrylic , but they do not have the importance of contrasts in other material processes . |
| 2 | Authors are not supposed to avenge themselves in their writings , but they do , and if they were to be prevented , there would be far fewer books . |
| 3 | Not that I would have attempted to scale the academic heights of an Oxford or a Cambridge , of course , but they do do some very stimulating courses at the Birmingham Polytechnic . |
| 4 | But they do n't want more money , ; it 's like me , is n't it ? |
| 5 | They are n't heavy eaters so do not need constant feeding , but they do prefer well-drained , humus-rich soil . |
| 6 | Smoke alarms need very little maintenance , but they do need to be tested regularly to make sure they are in good working order . |
| 7 | Many plotless or so-called abstract ballets , by choreographers such as Balanchine , have no specific characters or climaxes but they do follow the composer 's score very closely . |
| 8 | ‘ CO&sub2 ; extract hops are expensive but they do give a good hop nose when they 're added in the conditioning tank . |
| 9 | But they do n't cohere , do n't add up . |
| 10 | They tell each other stories ( Sprugg is a poet , like Rodolfo ) ; they flirt harmlessly , get quietly drunk , but they do n't swear and they do n't you-know-what — it 's a family show , in fact , though any child would faint with boredom . |
| 11 | The 10-feet high palings , with their broad central gates and twin gas lamps , may not be as imposing as the metal fence around Buckingham Palace , but they do , in their modest way , suggest a sense of grandeur appropriate to a leader who has held office for 10 years . |
| 12 | But they do not believe the solution lies in taking up the 15,000 tonne haddock quota available off the west of Scotland . |
| 13 | Mr Shaw answered : ‘ But they do , my lord . |
| 14 | They know little about what they are being asked to invest in , but they do believe that the Government 's determination to make the privatisation succeed will ensure that the water authorities are presented as a steal . |
| 15 | But they do not constitute invitations to sexual assault , least of all by officers of the law . |
| 16 | But they do n't like physical hockey , unlike the French , who are capable of very physical hockey . |
| 17 | Like , we 're in the position where we can differentiate between them and gangsters in the community , and , like , we have to show the decent people that the Provies might scare them , but they do n't scare us , even if they do . |
| 18 | They can feel cold at first but they do warm up quickly and in warmer conditions the modern micro-fibre fabrics commonly used do n't feel sticky in the way that older nylon linings did . |
| 19 | people say it 's only a film but they do n't know . |
| 20 | Lots of people are fed up with the way their lives are headed but they do n't often take the trouble to do anything about it . |
| 21 | You are not conscious of them weighing you up , but they do . |
| 22 | These independent family groups come together in assemblies for such things as war , religion , and the settlement of disputes , but they do not really form an organic whole . |
| 23 | Descent and the status of women may not be entirely independent but they do not co-vary in the simple way suggested by Morgan . |
| 24 | But they do win through . |
| 25 | These options do not have any additional value on five-year-old cars but they do enhance their saleability . |
| 26 | The ‘ good guys ’ are all very well but they do n't make headlines . |
| 27 | I watch them for a bit , but they do n't win nothing . |
| 28 | I call out ‘ Happy Christmas ’ after them , but they do n't hear . |
| 29 | There 's some people standing round watching me , but they do n't give me a hand . |
| 30 | I try someone else , but they do n't stop . |