Example sentences of "but he [vb -s] not [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh , ’ said McAllister demurely , ‘ he may organise us and look in occasionally , but he does not exactly take part , you know . ’ |
2 | But he does not simply pontificate from his position as an excellent photographer , or regurgitate standard procedures . |
3 | It is significant that in his affidavit evidence the debtor criticises the quality of the advice he received , but he does not otherwise query the reasonableness of the charges . |
4 | In general , a potential X does not have all the rights of an X. Prince Charles is a potential King of England , but he does not now have the rights of a king . |
5 | Ethnocide or something approaching it revolts him , but he does not usually wish to champion the preservation of cultures simply as museum pieces . |
6 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
7 | I wrote to the Secretary of State , but he has not even begun to justify the Government 's action . |
8 | McWilliams is one of the most talented jump jockeys in the land but he has not always been flavour of the month and that 's a pity . |
9 | I would go for Hoddle on his own but he 's not really got the experience yet . |