Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [verb] not [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye , but I 've been chewing them buggers this last six months but it has n't worked for me |
| 2 | I 've had antibiotics but they have n't done nothing . |
| 3 | " The doctor gave me some tranquillisers but they have n't helped either . |
| 4 | The clerk behind the hatch asked for their empties before she 'd hand over the new bottles but they had n't got them . |
| 5 | An elderly man named John Thomas , who was still a member of the Association of Foremen Lightermen but who had not worked in that capacity for some two years and who was now a watchman , was approached to join Harry Gosling 's Amalgamated Society of Watermen , Lightermen and Watchmen of the River Thames . |
| 6 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 7 | I 've been offered a lot of commissions but I have n't done any for two years . |
| 8 | She had tried separating them to eat in different places but it had not worked as they tried to run around while eating . |
| 9 | I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper . |
| 10 | I have ventured into the use of your name several times but you have not returned the compliment . |
| 11 | The clock chimed in the hall : it must have done it several times but I had n't heard . |
| 12 | Now in Oxford erm we actually do n't have any land like that , and the problem was that , even if we had self-build houses on the land which is available at the moment , on which we want to build council houses but we have n't got the money to build council houses , if we were to allow self- build to go ahead on those sites because of the value of the land then the sorts of people who would actually be able to afford them would not be people on low incomes , or even sort of low to medium incomes , they would actually be people who were fairly well off and therefore not the people that we would want to be directing our resources at . |
| 13 | I 'd like Rice Crispies but we have n't got any out . |
| 14 | All slides were then reviewed by one pathologist ( NH ) , who was aware that the cases comprised both RP and control groups but who had not seen the cases previously and had no knowledge of individual clinical histories or outcomes . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure of the exact figures but we have not declared any more than the 700 that we 've er announced in the last 12 months . |
| 16 | I 've got my glasses but I have n't got the . |
| 17 | The Russian 's build this things but they have n't got the money to finance them |
| 18 | Some of these recordings are now being used by the YCCC as evidence in the legal actions which they are taking out against the city and tannery , and some of the recordings have been played back to other community groups in similar situations but who have not developed their thinking to the extent of the YCCC . |
| 19 | ‘ I owe 500 bucks but I have n't paid yet , ’ said Joe . |
| 20 | Now there are tighter ways of actual sales negotiations but we have n't got the time to go into it today . |
| 21 | These are sacrifices by any standards but they have not made them because they want to be heroes . |
| 22 | Malone 's buys this summer looked like good ones but they have not lived up to expectations . |
| 23 | which we 've got a couple of big ones but we have n't got like extra ones outside the garden dropping leaves . |
| 24 | Yes , I have n't seen it though , I have n't , I 've heard of the new ones but I have n't seen it . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've made a lot of accusations but you have n't come up with a single shred of evidence to back them up . ’ |
| 26 | There was one , there was one last comment that I missed out there that it was the erm the permission to proceed with the product recommendations , you were wanting to proceed with recommendations but you had n't got the commitment off Steven in the first place so you were suggestion recommendations and what ! |