Example sentences of "the [noun] but i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some very pretty specimens used to come into our garden and perch on the windowsills but I do n't know what kind of birds they were . |
| 2 | After five minutes of running water , scraping plates and chinking glass type noises , it went very quiet in the kitchen but I do n't think her old man noticed . |
| 3 | Erm he claims the battery ran out before he got to his presentation on the course but I do n't necessarily believe him . |
| 4 | ‘ The WBC are not interested in a unification fight with the WBO but I do n't see any problems as it can be a simple defence of Paul 's WBC title . ’ |
| 5 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 6 | Desert Orchid 's owner Richard Burridge said : ‘ Yes , I 've heard about the plan but I do n't know exact details . ’ |
| 7 | So now I know the work but I do n't know the pleasure . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I want to get three or four more experienced lads in their mid-20s to help bring on the youngsters but I do n't want players who are 30 . ’ |
| 9 | I have though had a good ratio of women to men shown in the gallery but I do n't think that is what draws women to me . |
| 10 | ‘ I admit I am not playing that well at the moment but I do n't think either Dewi Morris or Steve Bates are pulling up trees either . |
| 11 | ‘ His neighbour is looking after it at the moment but I do n't think she 'll be prepared to keep it indefinitely . |
| 12 | It was better than the other one , it might of been the seats but I do n't think so because I mean there was so much in this one |
| 13 | ‘ I get most of the attention but I do n't go out thinking what I 'm going to do , what headlines I 'm going to make . |
| 14 | I obviously had just before the war but I do n't , do n't , did n't remember then until afterwards . |
| 15 | It probably came in the post but I do n't know where from . |
| 16 | ‘ It would be wrong to anticipate the conclusions of the inquiry but I do want to assure the public that this matter is a cause of great concern to the Prison Service and that all aspects of the escape , including the role played by prison staff , will be very carefully examined . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I can put out the announcement but I do n't think James Worsdale will show up . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You can never say that you have finished the job but I do feel that there is now wide acceptance that we 've got a sound business . |
| 19 | I know I can do the job but I do n't want to put pressure on the board . |
| 20 | ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it . |
| 21 | I 've written the Variations but I do n't yet have the Theme' ! |
| 22 | I did n't in the beginning but I do now , she can be funny although a bit bitchy at times . |
| 23 | I do n't know where they live , I know the court but I do n't know whereabouts they are . |
| 24 | Oh w I 've heard of the name but I do n't know where it is either . |
| 25 | My memory 's fairly good on the whole but I do forget names ; and then they come back to you , practically always , if you are patient . |
| 26 | I mean obviously you wo n't hear the rabbit but I do n't think I 'm gon na stay in anyway . |
| 27 | Consider this from May 1989 : ‘ I have to live within the set-up but I do n't have to agree with everything that happens . |
| 28 | I do n't want to ring your mum and say look we had a spot of bother but now we 're back in Caracas and Matt 's dead , yes , you heard it on the news but I do n't want to talk about it . |
| 29 | ‘ I do not want to labour the failures of the past but I do want to emphasise that many of the problems that are now being tackled are the legacy of past management failure . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ As you know I do n't work in the firm but I do give a hand with the accounts from time to time — ’ |