Example sentences of "but [adv] i do n't " in BNC.

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31 I do n't very often feel frightened , but then I do n't often put myself in that vulnerable position .
32 But then I do n't suppose that would be enough for you , and after all this is Boy 's story mostly , he is after all in a proper sense my hero , and you have to have this Boy clearly in your mind before we can proceed .
33 And , yes , there are a couple of lines around the eyes , and a grey hair or twenty ( at least they 're all together in a neat bunch , not lurking about all over the place ) and the neck does n't look too good in some , particularly unflattering , lights , but then I do n't suppose yours would , either .
34 But then I do n't believe it was much of a race out at the front either .
35 But then I do n't wear my heart on my sleeve .
36 But then I do n't suppose it 'll matter much with twenty of us in there ; our combined breaths 'll be enough to give us a steam bath .
37 But then I do n't hold with the precept de mortuis nil nisi bonum ( I speak as a doctor , after all ) ; and it 's hard to underestimate the irritation when a critic points out something like that to you .
38 ‘ No , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ but then I do n't notice much . ’
39 But then I do n't do too badly , and people must n't worry so much about me .
40 ‘ Certainly I did , but then I do n't look as though I dressed all by guess .
41 I still do n't see Lucker but then I do n't want to any more because I feel guilty .
42 I enjoy the travel , meeting people , seeing different places , but then I do n't have any commitments ashore . ’
43 ‘ No , but then I do n't usually have to wonder what 's going on in the mind of the person who 's made the offer , ’ she returned .
44 But then I do n't mind .
45 Well I would think it would n't be half , but then I do n't know owt about it so it 's no good me saying , but take , taking the type of the woman
46 But then I do n't drink any more .
47 The river , but then I do n't know the walk
48 ‘ Yes , about five years , but then I did n't at first have anything to judge my pain against .
49 ‘ I do n't play in the five-asides but then I did n't play in them much before because I tend to get too argumentative and carried away sometimes . ’
50 No , it never occurred to me — but then I did n't ask him , I just assumed it was meat .
51 But then I did n't grow up in that context .
52 Nothing much else happened , as far as I recall … but then I did n't visit the cottage much , not before that morning when I met you in the garden .
53 ‘ No , but then I did n't know you , did I ? ’
54 I did n't like being called a rowdie , but then I did n't exactly have the time or resources to sue for defamation , if that 's the legal terminology for someone who slags you off in public .
55 Not that I 'm aware of ; but then I did n't see anything of the Norwich game .
56 It was a real pleasure to win something for a change but unfortunately I do n't like knitting .
57 Two a half crown and a sixpence and a threepenny and three pennies and sometimes he forgot to take it back but however I did n't remind him .
58 Well I think the daft I say they say they pick us up but why I do n't know .
59 Erm but again I do n't suspect that there 's gon na be any any impact on that for the , for at least two months .
60 But afterwards I did n't know what the hell I was going to do about it , about us .
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