Example sentences of "but [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not that they are too slow to avoid being hit , but that they simply do not hear the cars speeding towards them . |
| 2 | But what they were getting at was n't so much that the coverage was favouring one party over another but that it simply did n't relate to them , the actual voters in the constituency . |
| 3 | But if you simply do n't have room for two or more bushes or trees , all may not be lost . |
| 4 | But if you really do n't want him " |
| 5 | ‘ But if you really do n't like my kissing you in public , why do n't we go upstairs , where it 's more private ? |
| 6 | ’ . I listened , looking vague I expect , but did nothing — not from ill-will but because it just did not occur to me to change . |
| 7 | Okay , we could have measured that and given it as part of a spec listing , but because it really did n't feel any different ( probably because its fingerboard width , radius and frets echoed most of the competition ) that fact was rendered almost inconsequential . |
| 8 | Not because she purposely wants to be but because she just do n't think she 'd to done it , do you ? |