Example sentences of "[noun] but [pron] [adv] [vb mod] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I got one side but I bloody could n't get out the other side . |
| 2 | I ca n't be sure of the date of the next Parish Council meeting till after the meeting on Thursday 21st Jan. but there probably wo n't be a meeting in February . |
| 3 | Thus , if one had a bronze with , say , 2 per cent of tin , where the tin content of the comparable genuine bronzes lay between 5 and 10 per cent , this would be unusual and would count against the piece but it certainly would not condemn it . |
| 4 | If it is in very bad condition but you really ca n't afford to buy new carpet then see what the floor is like underneath . |
| 5 | It can now detect the Dark Avenger Mutation Engine but it still ca n't find Necros , Word 1391 , Slovakia , Slovakia-2 , Starship or Todor . |
| 6 | In the house example , we can choose the order in which we see the parts of the building but we surely can not see occluded portions , and we surely can not look up to see a thatched roof — because that 's the kind of roof we want to see — when the roof is tiled . |
| 7 | And they , then the other ones er there was one with General Motors and it was a , a huge thing , you were ten , it was a huge building , modern building but you just could n't tell what it was from the outside . |
| 8 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 9 | I mean there are plenty of internal reports at M I T and at DEC but you certainly ca n't get them . |
| 10 | All right , we have got the Koenigs Collection but we still wo n't tell you where |
| 11 | I went for a walk out this morning but I just could n't stand it . |
| 12 | Jasper but he simply would not talk about Jasper . |
| 13 | Er , this will obviously stop people driving on the wrong side of the road but it certainly wo n't or it wo n't prevent the excessive use of this service road which is very narrow indeed . |
| 14 | She must have seen it on some of the murdered woman 's belongings when you first entered the priory but she probably could not place it immediately . |
| 15 | The trouble with pigeons is the neck ; it 's like old celery ; you double it up and squeeze like buggery but it still wo n't snap . |
| 16 | I am no great linguist but I still ca n't see how both Menes are represented , nor can I understand at all , how Daniel could have drawn from these three apparently simple words his full translation : ‘ God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it . |
| 17 | You can make some men but it just wo n't taste of ginger |
| 18 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 19 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 20 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |