Example sentences of "but [conj] i did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say I did n't have time would not be true , but that I did n't really want to make time . |
| 2 | As to liking , I always had the feeling — I ca n't quite express it — the feeling that in his eyes I was all right — useful in fact , but that I did n't matter in myself . |
| 3 | ‘ But if I did n't say it , well … |
| 4 | But if I did n't know where I was , what did I mean by the word ? |
| 5 | But if I did n't know I could count on you , I suppose you would n't be here . " |
| 6 | But if I did n't work , what would I do ? |
| 7 | But if I did n't , and father did … |
| 8 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 9 | I 'd have had that if I know what I 'd had now , but cos I did n't know what it was . |
| 10 | Well he bloody said but but I did n't know him ! |
| 11 | Of course , if I had obeyed the rule strictly , I would n't have had any problems , but because I did n't want to knit the next row I thought I could move both cams . |
| 12 | Always , though , whether immediately or eventually , she would acquiesce , and I resented her acquiescence , not only because of its consequences for myself , but because I did n't understand why she , an adult , would not or could not stand up to him . |
| 13 | But because I did n't tell my mother I was coming here , I could n't get my British passport . |
| 14 | I wanted no children of my own , not because I disliked them , although I did — my step-sister and brother were the only small children I had experience of and they aroused no feelings in me but exasperation and distaste — but because I did n't want to be a mother with the weight of life and death on me . |
| 15 | But , instead of that digress a little but because I did n't think you 'd like the dog roses . |
| 16 | Anyhow , all this time Naylor was trying to tell my mother that I was a big lad now , but when I did n't turn up all day Saturday , he and my father had their work cut out in trying to calm her . |
| 17 | But when I did n't put any you said why ca n't we have it with the onions any more and I said you said it gave you indigestion . |
| 18 | But when I did n't put any you said why ca n't we have it with the onions any more and I said you said it gave you indigestion . |
| 19 | My canoeing skills , newly acquired , were not tested in Canadians , helmed by a guide , and I am disappointed but as I did n't acquire my elementary skills until I was a 61 year old female I 'm not complaining but I do complain that I 'm quite unable to find a suitable canoe companion now I 'm on my own . |
| 20 | We 've had a running argument about this , but as I did n't know the address of your cottage either , I could n't think of an alternative course of action . |