Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] 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 | Well I 've got lots of acquaintances but I do n't know that I necessarily want to put them on the erm |
| 3 | Of course it became quite a game searching for pairs of initials but I do n't remember finding Alfred 's once . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'm quite friendly with a lot of stars but I do n't really think of them as celebrities , more as friends . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | ‘ It seems to me that it is we who are being treated like criminals but I do n't suppose I have any choice . ’ |
| 9 | At Faringdon 's , the singers stood on chairs but I do not usually do this if I sing the song with children . |
| 10 | I have nothing against them dressing up and riding around on horses but I do n't like the thought of anything being hunted down , man or beast . |
| 11 | I am no expert on pickups but I do n't want to get a replacement if I can fix the existing one . |
| 12 | Pat 's a bit lippy at times but I do n't get no sauce out o' Terry . |
| 13 | People are petitioning for interviews but I do not wish to talk to them . |