Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] but i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Japanese authorities have an interest in playing down the importance of earthquakes but I do n't . |
| 2 | She was a jolly sort of girl but I do n't think our parents would have kept her if they had known the way she talked to us , and the things she told us . |
| 3 | Well I 've got lots of acquaintances but I do n't know that I necessarily want to put them on the erm |
| 4 | Well I was thinking of Cambridge but I do n't think I , Derek 's going to Holland |
| 5 | Of course it became quite a game searching for pairs of initials but I do n't remember finding Alfred 's once . ’ |
| 6 | There are pressures building up for me to do all sorts of things but I do n't want to accept them , ’ she says confidently , her blue eyes filled with a new purpose . |
| 7 | They might get work in , like construction work and the making of roads and that kind of thing … but how long would that last for and we 'd be left with what , like you do n't know what you would be left with in the end , ’ said Mary Catherine , who concluded ‘ I 'm not one to stop progress by any manner of means but I do n't think gold mining is progress . |
| 8 | I 'm quite friendly with a lot of stars but I do n't really think of them as celebrities , more as friends . |
| 9 | We were reminded that before he became party leader , Neil Kinnock had said , in relation to Peter Tatchell , ‘ I am not in favour of witch-hunts but I do not mistake bloody witches for fairies . ’ |
| 10 | Er , we have some points that we want taken on board such as the relevance of CPMs in the primary care team each team and that sort of thing but I do n't think they are fundamental differences , they are , as I say , dialogues towards consensus . |
| 11 | Everybody talked about the good of golf but I do n't think any of the 24 players were satisfied with the outcome . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't mind a bit of discipline but I do n't like cruelty . |
| 13 | I know you have done a C C Q on yourself and we 've looked at each page in detail but I think until you actually do it yourself and maybe write little prompts to let you know what 's on the next page so you can signpost it most effectively to move round the C C Q as opposed to you dri er as opposed to it driving you , you can drive it , but that should be done in the fullness of time but I do recommend you do it before you actually do your first full appointment cos it might pay you . |
| 14 | ‘ It is good fun and it was a job worth doing but I do n't want to die in the saddle . |
| 15 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 16 | ‘ It seems to me that it is we who are being treated like criminals but I do n't suppose I have any choice . ’ |
| 17 | I hope it 's worth A's but I do n't think it is . |
| 18 | It 's said nowadays about drink but I do n't know . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't have a big meal at lunchtime — usually sandwiches , beans or soup with toast but I do feel Jake should have a proper meal . ’ |
| 20 | I ca n't not with Sal , I 'm alright with Phil but I do n't know he 's a bit intimidating . |
| 21 | I agree with Jenny but I do n't think I am too frightened to slop on paint cos you know since I 've started doing pallet knife paintings cos it 's really made me feel fair more confident . |
| 22 | I used to do a lot for Joe but I do n't do them now . |
| 23 | I had infiltrated her teat with a local anaesthetic before stitching but I do n't think she would have moved if I had n't used any . |
| 24 | Erm , so there 's all kinds of reasons why children from such situations would be more likely to be in trouble but I do n't think there 's evidence to say that it 's because of from lone parents . |
| 25 | Obviously the pieces gradually reduce in size but I do find that I can work with even very small pieces , as they stay whole and workable down to the last tiny fragment . |
| 26 | And yet he does n't think that he is quick enough : ‘ I used to compete in athletics but I do n't see myself as being all that quick and I intend to work hard on improving my speed . |
| 27 | we are now in power but I do n't think that presumably proved that we can run an economy efficiently |
| 28 | I was going to send some pictures to Marcus in prison but I do n't suppose they would let him have them . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not averse to marriage but I do n't believe I 'll ever do it ’ the singer , 52 , told Woman 's Own magazine . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's got black hair and he goes to work but I do n't know where , and he wears this blue thing over his clothes . |