Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] n't do [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I ca n't do anything with it because I lost the numbers . |
| 2 | ‘ But I ca n't do anything to help him ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I should then be learning my lines but I ca n't do anything before the kids get to bed . |
| 4 | But you ca n't do something clever like dump it all onto my scratch quota for example ? |
| 5 | But you ca n't do everything all at once , so start with just one thing — maybe your attitude to teachers , or your willingness to speak up for Jesus : whatever is a problem for you at the moment — and get stuck into sorting that one thing out . |
| 6 | The Christian life , as exemplified by Christ and the saints , offered countless possibilities for self-perfection ; but you could n't do everything . |
| 7 | But she wo n't do nothing about it ! |
| 8 | But she wo n't do anything I say . |
| 9 | Of course we 're scared but we wo n't do anything too dangerous . |
| 10 | But we ca n't do anything until I 've spoken to Langley . ’ |
| 11 | what , so do you , but we ca n't do anything about that |
| 12 | so do you but we ca n't do anything about that either , but dogs stink |
| 13 | Anyway we went up there but we could n't do anything because the ground had taken fire do you see , all this peat . |
| 14 | But they wo n't do anything else . |
| 15 | These are pit houses but they ca n't do nowt about these because they 're on the main road you see . |
| 16 | She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran . |
| 17 | ‘ Willoughby tried , but he could n't do anything much , ’ Jo-Ann said . |
| 18 | User tests of car drivers have shown that the majority like this style of lighting — but it wo n't do anything nasty to Bates or anyone else . |
| 19 | But it ca n't do anything about dry or damaged hair . |