Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 2 | ‘ I know it 's not possible but it 's happened , ’ he said angrily . |
| 3 | Peter 's commitment is certainly not total but I think his interest can be maintained if we do n't frighten him . |
| 4 | I , with a mother 's intuition , had suspected that ‘ things ’ were not right but I expected that it was one of those ‘ hiccups ’ … ) not so , I 'm afraid . |
| 5 | I think I 'll stick with Lulu — I 'm not superstitious but it 's been so good for me up until now that I 'm not going to throw it away . |
| 6 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 7 | large , not generous but I think good grief poor Christopher 's sitting there . |
| 8 | It 's not scientific but I felt like it . |
| 9 | The fee for performing at Yeovilton was not high but they did offer free fuel . |
| 10 | ‘ They say they 're not interested but they send in helicopters and troops to take measurements . ’ |
| 11 | ( " he is not old but he suffers terribly from gout " ) . |
| 12 | Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time . |
| 13 | Data on admission to hospital is not comprehensive but they suggest that admission rates rise with declining social class . |
| 14 | To try to predict the state of the market in five years time is not easy but it seems likely that the products will be more integrated , have a degree of artificial intelligence to provide unskilled operators with advice on how to compose the pages and support colour both through local printing systems and via links to professional equipment . |
| 15 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
| 16 | It is not perfect but I have no time to edit it further . |
| 17 | It 's not dangerous but she loses power . |
| 18 | Associate species are those which are not constant but which occur throughout the community with a frequency of 60% or less , and which do not favour any particular sub-community . |
| 19 | The public facade of the mass ceremony and the individual uniform concealed the blemishes , organizational and material , to which civilians were not privy but which bore heavily on the ordinary constable . |
| 20 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 21 | not sure but I think one of the things is |
| 22 | I 'm not sure but I think it has . |
| 23 | I 'm not sure but I think it was Mrs Turner . |
| 24 | I think it mi , might have been Radio Stoke , I 'm not sure but I think it |
| 25 | no tail oh dear oh dear but you see then of course and I was still not married but you see I , as I say , then I went to Cambridge and that 's when I met my husband and all his family were so kind to me , er he had erm two sisters living in a flat round the backs , you 've heard of round the backs |
| 26 | This suggestion is not implausible but it remains to specify the mechanism by which the content of a memory might act to determine its retrievability . |
| 27 | I 'm not brilliant but I have only to be shown once . |
| 28 | His parents were not affluent but they pumped what money they had into his education , sending him to a private school , Edinburgh 's Merchiston . |
| 29 | Well if he 's not busy but he said he might go fishing . |
| 30 | The explanation of why this happens , was not forthcoming but he denies that it is another traditional textile term . |