Example sentences of "but i do " in BNC.

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1 Picasso 's Guernica is ‘ OK for some but I do n't like it ’ , as a young boy put it .
2 In that respect , Kundera could have fooled at least one of his readers ; but I do see that it belongs to the point of it all that the uncommon Jaromil should be thought humanly representative .
3 I was terribly excited of course , to win the BBC competition but I do feel that going into the theatre first was a great help .
4 One job has led to another but I do remember a particular film audition which I walked out of , much to the concern of everyone , my agent , and the casting director .
5 But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started .
6 ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’
7 ‘ Nothing , but I do appreciate you asking .
8 That point may seem obvious but I do n't think whoever worked out the amounts given in state benefits ever took it into account .
9 Mark 's getting registered as a disabled person , which should help speed things up , but I do n't really know , I reckon the world just wants to forget about us . ’
10 ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel .
11 ‘ Thank you for trying , ’ I said slowly , ‘ but I do n't really see that there 's anything you can do to help .
12 This is all going to cut you off from London a bit , but I do n't see that there 's really any other way at the moment . ’
13 At the moment it is in my garden , but I do n't think it is hardy enough to stay there .
14 But I do have other talents .
15 ‘ I work here but I do n't belong here . ’
16 I do not take this view , but I do think that there are certain deep assumptions about how the mind-body problem should be addressed which increase its difficulty .
17 I certainly would not want to attempt a summary of the route we have taken all the way from the mind-body problem to children trying to win chocolates ; but I do need to make some concluding comments to justify the bold claim in the first paragraph that constructivism makes the mind-body problem less intractable .
18 Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything .
19 I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live .
20 I know it is a terribly sexist remark but I do think of the machines in our first workshop as old ladies .
21 But I do n't care , as my Mummy says I 'm unique because my ears stand up when they should be down .
22 Stavrogin writes : ‘ I 've tried the depths of debauchery and wasted my strength over it ; but I do n't like debauchery and never wanted it . ’
23 But I do n't believe in encouraging the fancy — as long as there is imagination .
24 I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry .
25 But I do n't intend to give up .
26 Everybody talked about the good of golf but I do n't think any of the 24 players were satisfied with the outcome . ’
27 Asked what she would do once she had satisfied her immediate needs , one emigrant said , pensively , ‘ I shall watch the East German anniversary celebrations , but I do n't know if I will be laughing or crying . ’
28 Today , I 've put in a runner bean — it must be all of twenty inches long — but I do n't grow them specially .
29 The US Masters champion said : ‘ To be the best in the world you 've got to play around the world , but I do n't expect to see Americans playing over here .
30 But I do n't see why they should be asked to shoot themselves in the foot by paying to train a competitor 's workforce , and neither do they ! ’
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