Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] but [pers pn] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope so but I do n't think so |
| 2 | We 've had a magazine since we came over but I do n't think they just had enough to put in it and |
| 3 | We may finish today but I do n't think so erm |
| 4 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
| 5 | Mm , I 'd hope so but I do n't think so . |
| 6 | I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson . |
| 7 | Ten of that eleven people in the last two weeks , sort of , complaining about but they do n't always let me know so that I can document it , that 's the problem . |
| 8 | We think we know how but we do n't know who . ’ |
| 9 | I think he got out but I do n't think it would have been easy , there 's that time this morning . |
| 10 | But I mean yes certainly if it was y if it was you coming down but I do n't want |
| 11 | You say look I 'm student , right , I lost the th address of the er whom to send to and I 've got an assessment to send in but I do n't know how the hell I 'm gon na send it on . |
| 12 | I 'm just a all tuned in but I do n't know what 's on one . |
| 13 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
| 14 | I felt sure that I went there but I do n't think , I do n't know what happened but I do n't think they were ever so successful really . |
| 15 | Our manager even said the criticism had gone worldwide but I do n't think we are quite that important . ’ |
| 16 | Surely it is implausible to suppose , taking Russell 's example , that I do know what I did yesterday but I do n't know that the world did not begin five minutes ago replete with archaeological and other traces ( Russell , 1921 , p. 159 ) . |
| 17 | well you do n't have to have any but I do n't see why I should do without because you do n't want any |
| 18 | Well you always say you do n't but I do n't know whether you 've ever tried it properly , really I think it 's just the thought of it that you do n't like . |
| 19 | I said oh if I 'm in Beck and I 've got a free couple of hours I 'll come round but I do n't think I 'm going to this week . |
| 20 | Sayed it should be sayed really but we do n't say sayed . |
| 21 | ‘ I work here but I do n't belong here . ’ |
| 22 | Yes , yes , yeah , but they did have civilians working there but I do n't know where they used to ferry the bombs out to but I do believe they used to carry detonators and everything down there you know . |