Example sentences of "[num] [noun] but i [verb] not " in BNC.

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1 I borrowed fifty P off her the oth , I was going up the school , and I only had four fifty for the I needed fifty P but I did n't have enough change like .
2 This book included the 1985/86 season but I did n't buy the updated version which I think was available a year of so back as so much of the information is duplicate .
3 ‘ I left the treatment on for about 10 minutes but I did n't really have the time to use a plastic cap .
4 I 'd been to thirteen convents but I had n't really been to school properly because I was working by the time I was thirteen .
5 ‘ I owe 500 bucks but I have n't paid yet , ’ said Joe .
6 I was in hospital for five days but I do n't remember anything about that , either .
7 ‘ I should n't think so for one minute but I do n't know for certain . ’
8 I thought you meant one flower but I did n't know there was four of them there .
9 John has two PhDs but I do n't believe he has This sentence is pragmatically anomalous because it contradicts the standard Quality implicature that one believes what one asserts .
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