Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pron] [adv] [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 He 's only doing it for my own good but I still do n't like it .
2 no they do at the Samuel Beckett , it 's the and okay , it 's a good new Embassy advert but I still do n't smoke Embassy because they 're horrible .
3 and people who are prepared to discuss the issue but they just do n't come out the door to where erm , the people are that need the information .
4 Most drawing packages offer you an alignment tool but it usually does n't solve the problem of spacing a set of objects evenly .
5 Yes , that was the card he had given to old Jackdaw to post but he really did n't want all this aggravation , he was happy the way he was .
6 On Tuesdays we may have a school football match but we usually do not have one .
7 Not only does the picture add nothing to the text but it also does n't convey as much about the incident as the text .
8 Helmut Bradl has yet to win his first GP but he surely does n't have long to wait .
9 Little research has studied adults who got to the stage of applying to do a course but who then did not enrol for it .
10 ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that .
11 He 's scored four in just five starts , and said : ‘ It 's been a good start but I still do n't think I 've been at my best . ’
12 I do n't know who or what Wide Awake heard during that week but it certainly did n't originate in the Lower Ormeau .
13 ‘ I had hoped that joining Derry would have given me some hunger back for the game but it just has n't happened , ’ said Doherty .
14 Therapy is still considered a marginal thing but I really do n't see why .
15 It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year .
16 She needs to hide from reality but she also does n't want Mitch to see how old she is and the truth that she is hiding from :
17 You know , but they should be criticised out of hand what 's going on in this country but they bloody do n't !
18 Er the contribution to the discussion made by Mr Jewitt of Hambleton erm is a necessary contribution but it really does n't fit or sit well with the economic circumstances of other parts of the county .
19 He comes , which means he 's here all the time but I just do n't tune in .
20 I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good
21 He merely strengthens the conclusions of the three wise men , who think that there may have been some recent decline but who certainly did not atribute it to the national curriculum , as the hon. Gentleman did .
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