Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’ |
| 2 | I get a bit of paper and it 's more official but I still do n't get anywhere . ’ |
| 3 | Short circuits are fine but they just do n't generate the same interest or the same type of nail biting racing , do they ? |
| 4 | We 're profitable but we normally do n't compete with anyone else for getting the work . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry but I just do n't want a relationship right now . |
| 6 | As for the Signature model , it 's certainly slick but I honestly do n't know where all the money 's gone ; the JD Tele is infinitely better value for money and it makes the price tag on the US-made version look very questionable indeed . |
| 7 | Er , there may be one there may have been one that failed , I 'm not sure but they probably did a resit and got through in September . |
| 8 | I mean , it 's odd : I used to feel sometimes I wanted to talk to him to see what he was really like but I never did . |
| 9 | Nick Thompson , a 28-year-old mechanic of Morpeth , said : ‘ The idea was quite good but it just did n't come off . ’ |
| 10 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 11 | He 's starving but he just does n't seem to know it . |
| 12 | Trying to keep our old boss happy and trying to keep the receivers happy but it just does n't work like that , you ca n't keep everybody happy . |
| 13 | No he 's not small but he just does n't look the type that would fight . |
| 14 | And it was grossly unprofessional but I really did n't think that much of it . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't want to seem big-headed but I frankly do n't think it will work . |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't impossible for love not to hurt but it usually does at some point , ’ she said with a sigh . |
| 17 | The results — see Table 4.3 — are not conclusive but they certainly do not clearly support any suggestion that action clients were more problematic . |
| 18 | There are schemes here and there which are excellent but they simply do n't address the magnitude of the crisis . |