Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [vb infin] but [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He did not react but lay back grasping the top rope . |
| 2 | Pace seemed to have slowed up ; people did not walk but drifted ; sound was muted , mopped up by space and carpeting . |
| 3 | Mervyn did not answer but thrust the book towards him . |
| 4 | Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on . |
| 5 | To his surprise , she did not reply but looked at him so vaguely that he inferred that she had not heard him . |
| 6 | Ariel did not falter but moved carefully on , up the hot sand of the shore following the creek , with the four-square house Kit Everard had erected far on her right , the huts and half-built dwellings of the men nearer , on her left . |
| 7 | In the centre of the room was a stone chair on a raised dais , and it contained a slumped figure which did not move but said , in a brittle old voice , ‘ Come in , young man . ’ |
| 8 | When Moran eventually appeared he did not speak but fussed excessively as he put on socks and boots . |
| 9 | Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues , an enigmatic smile on his face . |
| 10 | Unlike Loulou , this young man did not stop but began to kiss again . |
| 11 | The absence of problems in these areas did not satisfy but created conditions in which the satisfiers , when present , could motivate people , hence the term hygiene factors . |
| 12 | When he was reviled , he did not revile in return ; When he suffered he did not threaten But trusted to him who judges justly . |
| 13 | Sir John did not demur but insisted that he join us . |
| 14 | And he says on the US TV show Hard Copy that she did not drown but suffocated . |
| 15 | Romer L.J. , at p. 652 , did not dissent but expressed a doubt . |
| 16 | She turned on the radio and listened to a Greek play which she did not understand but liked . |
| 17 | He did not hear but saw her smile and was pleased . |
| 18 | In view of the subsequent controversy , it is an important point to note that the Free Presbyterians did not retaliate but maintained their composure under a considerable volley of missiles . |
| 19 | On Saturday the pupils could enjoy the austere pleasures of going into the small granite town of Elgin , something Richard did not enjoy but decided to do because his injured feet ruled out most alternatives . |
| 20 | They did not attack but took up their stance on Halidon itself , covering that hill . |
| 21 | Azmaveth did not argue but knelt down on the floor by the bed and laid out the silk square in front of her . |
| 22 | As time ebbed away the wound inflicted by the Count of Wissenland did not heal but began to trouble the mighty Orc Warlord more and more . |
| 23 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 24 | She did n't speak but settled her small , warm burden more comfortably against her arm . |
| 25 | She did n't answer but went on turning and pressing , turning and pressing , her eyes bright with rage . |
| 26 | Pascoe did n't answer but went out to the phone . |
| 27 | Dadda did n't answer but gave his awkward humourless grin . |
| 28 | They did n't sit but stood around the table . |
| 29 | She did n't struggle but faced him angrily . |
| 30 | It did n't stop but came on towards us out of the trees . |