Example sentences of "but he [verb] [not/n't] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | His thick hair was greying but he had not given up on red baseball shoes , sleeveless T-shirts or what he called his ‘ cosmopolitan Lancashire accent , half scouse , half Lancashire ’ . |
2 | The Middlesex slow left-armer began this winter 's campaign as one of the world 's top ranked spinners , but he has not lived up to that reputation . |
3 | He has refused to rush legislative changes through , but he has not ruled out proposals on electoral reform which could be put before the electorate either in a referendum or at the next general election . |
4 | I 've I 've looked but he has n't come in . |
5 | … ‘ But he 's not come down ; |