Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] be not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 A short time afterwards Tom Dempsey pointed to stretch their lead to three points but remarkably they were not to score again until three minutes from the end .
2 But perhaps you 're not addicted . ’
3 Well , well see how it goes , but erm I do n't , the thing is you see they can teach you so much about laying different bonds and making patterns and doing portholes and things like that , that 'll be handy to know , but obviously you 're not gon na learn that until much later on
4 Yeah but obviously I 'm not going to waste time putting tights on .
5 I wan na see what she 's gon na do but anyway we 're not going anyway .
6 ‘ She pretends to pay Alexei no heed ; but whenever he is not watching her , she looks to make sure that he will follow when she rides away . ’
7 In the developed democracy there was pay for attending the Council , but ironically it is not attested before Thucydides ' account of how the oligarchs of 411 ( temporarily ) brought it to an end ( viii.69 ) .
8 But now they 're not using plums any more , they 're using marrow .
9 But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit .
10 But now he 's not allowed to move North of Oxfordshire .
11 It 's a more importantly to make sure it 's normal rather than to look for a problem with it but Now you 're not trying to escape , are you Jade ?
12 no but I oh I do sometimes , but today I 'm not eating much but I 'm not fat
13 But surely you 're not intending to move in here permanently ?
14 Joanna said in a high , incredulous voice , ‘ But surely you 're not going ahead with it ?
15 They may take themselves rather too seriously and are full of ‘ in ’ jokes and references , but then they are not intended for general consumption .
16 But then they were not written with the likes of me in mind .
17 ‘ Perhaps not , but then I 'm not writing about the ancient world .
18 But then you 're not spending hours
19 The baton is frequently of use to soloists , who are not all musicians , and whose eye profitably follows the baton 's movements , especially in slow tempos , which are always the hardest to follow : but then it is not heard .
20 Mikkelborg 's composition probably would not stand up without Davis , but then it was not designed to .
21 Then the Burt family left the house in 1920 it was offered to the Council but unfortunately it was not taken up .
22 My advice was , I believe , impeccable , but unfortunately it was not taken and , where Wigg was concerned , was deliberately misconstrued .
23 But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return .
24 ‘ I told myself ‘ Do n't rush , do n't rush ’ , ’ he said , but evidently he was not listening .
25 The visibility and accountability of the decision , or lack thereof , might have caused Howard some anxiety , but again he was not faced with proposing reforms for a prison system anything like as complex as TDC .
26 There was at least a proviso that she should be asked for her written consent before the company was set up but otherwise she was not mentioned in his plans for the future of the schools .
27 But otherwise he 's not allowed out ?
28 ‘ The stitches tweak now and then , but otherwise it 's not aching much . ’
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