Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [pers pn] do not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culture and identity are part of the story of racial sensibility but they do not exhaust that story . |
| 2 | Yvonne Harper-Wake , who puts scores of women through her Tums & Bums exercise classes , replied : ‘ Most people phoned hoping for a magic remedy but it does n't exist . |
| 3 | ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies . |
| 4 | ‘ I know friends think I 'm a bit outdated in my thinking but I do n't understand women who just live with men . |
| 5 | ‘ Every club years ago had a tough-tackling defender in their side but they did n't resort to the tactics he is talking about . |
| 6 | Jean-Claude may have had artistic integrity on his side but he did not have a legal leg to stand on . |
| 7 | We could turn up the movie but it does n't help . |
| 8 | These ‘ structuralists ’ may lack a common programme but they do not lack a common ancestry . |
| 9 | tea but I did n't stay |
| 10 | He waved weakly after the car but he did not speak as Rose shut the door and they turned back into the house . |
| 11 | Oh I did n't notice that I saw that thing in the car but I did n't notice a bracket . |
| 12 | Rovers enjoyed a heavy advantage in penalties before half-time but it did not do them a lot of good . |
| 13 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 14 | And I think he 's lost weight but I do n't like to tell |
| 15 | ‘ I put on lots of weight but I did n't weigh myself ever , and I did n't read any books . |
| 16 | He wondered why Lessingham had described Gledhill 's death as murder but he did n't question his companion further . |
| 17 | This may have always been the case with anthropology but we did not have to live with the results if our field was in Africa or Asia . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | This unruffled progression fits perfectly the sort of chain of correlations of consequences which we disentangled at the start of this chapter but it does not seem to offer the prospect of the decisive determination of a particular result . |
| 20 | They got a five minute pep talk but they did n't get a sermon . |
| 21 | we will provide you with a new schedule for your guidance but you do not have to complete it unless you want to . |
| 22 | I may be her lover but she does n't love me . |
| 23 | He gives ya quality gear but he do n't take no shit , and if you dare to call him Mister he might just shoot your crawly ass off . |
| 24 | He gives ya quality gear but he do n't take no shit , and if you dare to call him Mister he might just shoot your crawly ass off . |
| 25 | If you normally work 4 days a week and lose 1 day , you meet the requirements of the 3 out of 6 rule but you do not meet the requirements of ‘ substantial loss of employment ’ . |
| 26 | and they 're going in my neck but I do n't wan na turn over cos she 'll fall off the bed and I 'm sort of going just on me and she 's really funny . |
| 27 | It is a magnificent setting but I do n't like playing music in the open air , and the acoustics there are not perhaps as good as they are claimed to be . |
| 28 | All the different schools had er cos then we had , used to compete against er all sports and we used to get an afternoon football we used to march from up to the and erm play football but we did n't go up there until at half-time at erm play-time so they went to school at two o'clock and at half past three then that 'd be our break , then we 'd go up to erm football till five o'clock . |
| 29 | He was just doing the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album but we did n't know that , Anyway , we got in touch with The Country Club and they put us on the guest list and Cherry Vanilla , Wayne County and I , posing as journalists , went along to see him . |
| 30 | Linda became a target for abuse from others who knew about her friendship but it did n't worry her . |