Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is similar to ‘ Futility ’ in the sense that Owen uses personal experience to get his message across but his is not so much about the pointlessness of war in general but is more focused on the individual soldier and the difference between death on the battlefield and death in your own town . |
| 2 | I have never understood why she was criticised by the Opposition for speaking up for Britain , but I am not exactly clear about their present position , except that they seem to be claiming that they can negotiate better conditions than the Government , despite their failure when in government in 1975 to negotiate proper terms for our entry . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a little pyschology on my part , but I am not that clever . |
| 4 | Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply . |
| 5 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 6 | Her friends here in the House say she would make an excellent mouthpiece , but I am not so sure . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill , ’ she said . |
| 8 | But I am not so much angry , she decided , as upset at being misunderstood , at this complete and utter disregard of my situation . |
| 9 | Kirsch is a good addition , but I am not as crazy about this combination as Europe seems to be ; orange of any kind is much better . |
| 10 | ‘ But I am not really happy . |
| 11 | But I am not too keen on performances which concentrate entirely on rhetorical expression , and thereby lose both the singing quality , and the logic of the ‘ long line ’ . |
| 12 | All quite harmless fun , no doubt — even Karen was n't going to seduce her husband 's partners teenage son — but I was not best pleased , especially since Tibbs showed no reciprocal interest in me . |
| 13 | But I was not completely English . |
| 14 | I was always very interested in how things operated and used to take them apart to see how they worked , but I was not so good at putting them back together again . |
| 15 | I would have been grateful to someone like you when I was little , but I was not so lucky . |
| 16 | I knew he would not but I was not too disappointed . |
| 17 | The area suggested that there could be earlier finds but I was not too disappointed with what I was finding . |
| 18 | We were being given a marvellous send off by the people there but I was not too sure about the starting pistol that George McGuire was wielding though , maybe I would be put out of my misery sooner than I thought ! |
| 19 | I heard the motor but I was n't even able to get the number . " |
| 20 | But I was n't too late . |
| 21 | But I was n't too sure . |
| 22 | My call was eventually answered by one of those awful sisters , but I was n't quite sure which one it was . |
| 23 | Well , I suppose that would have been fine if I could have gone along with it , but I was n't quite ready for that . |
| 24 | Slowly I was coming out but I was n't really aware of it . |
| 25 | But I was n't that drunk . |
| 26 | But I was n't that clever , Alice , because I had to let him do it to me before , instead of after . |
| 27 | I mean I did go to Denman , but I was n't very well at the time and I did n't get round the house so I would like to go myself . |
| 28 | But I was n't very sensible when I was younger , love . |
| 29 | The bass guitar was DI 'd and compressed but I was n't very happy with the final sound ; I actually got a much better result by miking an old HH bass combo . |
| 30 | I can draw but I 'm not particularly good at painting . |