Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 2 | There were gulls flying and calling , but I had not disturbed the main colony , and I thought that I would have heard if he had been working below the cliffs at the north-west point . |
| 3 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 4 | It may have been my stupidity , but I had not realised it . |
| 5 | But I had not become a member of the church . |
| 6 | That was fine , but I had not reckoned with the excitement the case aroused in the popular press . |
| 7 | But I had not had a winner since December 27 when Mr Entertainer won at Kempton Park , and many of my horses had been sick . ’ |
| 8 | My bitterness was real , but I had not spoken wildly ; the words were uttered with calculation . |
| 9 | But I had not forgotten how she had lied , and behaved so badly to me as well as to Edgar Linton , so I did not feel sorry for her , or encourage her to talk . |
| 10 | I had thought it would be fun , but I had not expected to be able to rock 'n' roll by the end of the evening . |
| 11 | I knew where it was — she kept everything valuable stuffed down the side of an old sofa — but I pretended not to notice . |
| 12 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |
| 13 | I woke early , and when I looked out of the window , I saw two men examining our boat , but I decided not to wake Herbert or Startop , who needed their rest after rowing all the previous day . |
| 14 | I wondered who the young girl was , acting the doe for Henry 's buck , but I decided not to wait and see and promptly fled . |
| 15 | HEATHCLIFF HAD GIVEN me a letter for Catherine , but I decided not to show it to her until Mr Edgar was out of the house . |
| 16 | One of the Santas turned out to be Kim on a moonlight from Simon 's Boozebuster operation , but I promised not to tell . |
| 17 | I heard the voice , but I tried not to listen , concentrating instead on the spider 's web in the window . |
| 18 | I tried to laugh at myself , but I did not succeed . |
| 19 | ‘ But I did not tell you — ’ She broke off , distressed . |
| 20 | I had sworn never to call her aunt again , but I did not regret breaking that promise to myself . |
| 21 | As it happens , my right hon. Friend the Chancellor devoted most of his speech to doing precisely that , but I did not detect a great deal of interest on the Opposition Benches in what he had to say . |
| 22 | Both of these places are within walking distance of Docklands but I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 23 | But I did not go to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 24 | But I did not go to his church . |
| 25 | ‘ But I did not go into the priory , if that is what you are asking , Clerk . |
| 26 | I agreed with much of what the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) said at the beginning of his speech , but I did not go along with his closing remarks . |
| 27 | But I did not stop him coming back , and do not , I beg of you , ask me to try and explain that . |
| 28 | I had to tell the story in a manner that the children would understand , but I did not want to risk ruining their sleep by a description of details . |
| 29 | Why do n't you ever mention where your change of clothes come from when you go on those long journeys , I was dying to ask , but I did not want to stop the flow of his fatal attraction and eccentric erudition . |
| 30 | He wanted it to be an apple charlotte , but I did not want another in fiction after that in Howards End . |