Example sentences of "but [adj] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each star has a name , but each does not have a number . |
| 2 | He 's years older than me , but that does n't matter either . |
| 3 | I know he 's got his reputation as a good teacher to keep up , but that does n't matter to me , I 'm different , I 'm not like this soft lot down here , my folks came from the North , descended from the Vikings , and I do n't want to be liked , I do n't want to be good , I do n't want to be in the football team , or a useful member of anything , I do n't want to know . |
| 4 | ‘ Sure , but that does n't matter . |
| 5 | But that does n't matter . |
| 6 | ‘ No one compares with Chips , nasty and shallow as he was , ’ says Mr Clark , ‘ but that does n't matter because he was so observant ’ . |
| 7 | When Hal discovers Falstaff 's ‘ corpse ’ , feigning death to escape Douglas , he speaks a verse epitaph over him — the wrong medium , but that does n't matter since the death is n't real , either , and when Falstaff receives his true epitaph it will be in prose ( Henry V , II.iii.9ff . ) . |
| 8 | " I know you do n't feel about me as I do about you , but that does n't matter . " |
| 9 | It might be the first time you send flowers , but that does n't matter . |
| 10 | But that does n't matter , he 's a very good master . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , but that does n't matter . |
| 12 | But that does n't matter . |
| 13 | If they intend to have a go , it 'll take weeks to organize , but that does n't matter . |
| 14 | But he 's got no , as far as I can see he 's got no convincing argument that democracy will do better , but that does n't matter because he thinks that the decisive criticism of enlightened despotism is that it wo n't improve the moral or intellectual well-being of the citizens , but if people are excluded from political decision making , they will have no incentive to educate themselves or morally improve themselves , or he thinks if they do , if a despot does allow for the moral improvement of the citizens , then citizens will no longer accept despotism so that despotism is in a way self-defeating here and if it one of the proper functions of government it ca n't survive . |
| 15 | Well no they would n't match together but that does n't matter . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not absolutely perfect , but that does n't matter much . |
| 17 | The arms are quite big but that does n't matter |
| 18 | Merely providing the site will involve the destruction of two trees , which are part of the avenue , but that does n't matter to the County Council because erm they 're not responsible , they can override a tree preservation order and I think this just is morally wrong . |
| 19 | It 's a million miles away from a cold wet evening in Hereford , but that does n't dampen the enthusiasm of the Holmer School Steel Band . |
| 20 | Uncle denied it and when challenged said , ‘ Aye , he might have wed my aunt but that does n't mek 'm owt'a kin to me . ’ |
| 21 | But that does n't alter how I feel . |
| 22 | But that does n't alter th the fact that your preference is the other way . |
| 23 | And this woman , she realized it , others do n't always realize it , but that does n't alter the fact of the lostness . |
| 24 | ‘ But that does n't mean she killed him . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm available for Test selection , but that does n't mean I 'll necessarily be picked , ’ the former Kiwi World Cup captain said . |
| 26 | But that does n't mean he 's entirely dismissive . |
| 27 | Frankly I would love to go to bed with you ; but that does n't mean I fail to recognise that you have a mind , a spirit . |
| 28 | As with the rest of Corfu it 's getting better and better each year , but that does n't mean you should wait to come ! |
| 29 | But that does n't mean I have to be involved in this kind of nauseous business . ’ |
| 30 | I mean , Gary says you dream about marriage the same way you dream about someone coming down your throat ; it 's not something you 're going to actually do , not these days , but that does n't mean you do n't dream about it . |