Example sentences of "[noun] but i do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do hope Mr De Klerk gets his mandate but I do not want to say there will be a review of policy in our dealings with his administration . |
| 2 | People sometimes say they bear no malice but I do not know how they can say that . |
| 3 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 4 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 5 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 6 | There was no mirror in the cottage but I did not know where or how to look . |
| 7 | Both of these places are within walking distance of Docklands but I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 8 | I mostly enjoyed art and maths but I did not like P.E . |
| 9 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I fingered heavy silver and amber necklaces with starting prices of £200 but I did not have the patience or the energy to haggle down to the real price . |
| 11 | We were reminded that before he became party leader , Neil Kinnock had said , in relation to Peter Tatchell , ‘ I am not in favour of witch-hunts but I do not mistake bloody witches for fairies . ’ |
| 12 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 13 | I 'd go and give him a hand but I do not like ladders Fun is n't it ? |
| 14 | It might strengthen my case to appeal to apparently neutral , non-political standards but I do not suppose that I would be saying anything useful about the nature of cognition . |
| 15 | John Conway , a mathematician at Cambridge University , had already developed a similar but more poetic notation but I did not see this until the summer of 1979 . |
| 16 | People are petitioning for interviews but I do not wish to talk to them . |
| 17 | Like in the Trossachs , the mountain bikes leave their marks but I did not meet any . |