Example sentences of "[noun] but i do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To be a member of the Labour party you had to be a member of the staff association but I did n't know at the time , ’ says Davies . |
| 2 | ‘ I know friends think I 'm a bit outdated in my thinking but I do n't understand women who just live with men . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 4 | tea but I did n't stay |
| 5 | Oh I did n't notice that I saw that thing in the car but I did n't notice a bracket . |
| 6 | She 'll only spend it on more booze and meths but I do n't care . |
| 7 | And I think he 's lost weight but I do n't like to tell |
| 8 | ‘ I put on lots of weight but I did n't weigh myself ever , and I did n't read any books . |
| 9 | ‘ We do hope Mr De Klerk gets his mandate but I do not want to say there will be a review of policy in our dealings with his administration . |
| 10 | were , there was bible teaching and all sorts but I do n't know . |
| 11 | and they 're going in my neck but I do n't wan na turn over cos she 'll fall off the bed and I 'm sort of going just on me and she 's really funny . |
| 12 | ‘ The WBC are not interested in a unification fight with the WBO but I do n't see any problems as it can be a simple defence of Paul 's WBC title . ’ |
| 13 | I was going to come Friday but I do n't know what , is it bad compared with the other days then ? |
| 14 | It is a magnificent setting but I do n't like playing music in the open air , and the acoustics there are not perhaps as good as they are claimed to be . |
| 15 | Dundee boss Simon Stainrod said : ‘ We are negotiating with a club to sell Leighton but I do n't want to mention them at this stage . ’ |
| 16 | And I ho , I would have done this on Tuesday when I actually worked out a melody but I did n't manage a bit of paper so I could n't write it down . |
| 17 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 18 | Now Paris may well be the inspiration of poets and troubadours but I do n't remember it as the fabled Athens of the West . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to get three or four more experienced lads in their mid-20s to help bring on the youngsters but I do n't want players who are 30 . ’ |
| 20 | Francis , hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets , said : ‘ I thought he seemed a bit queer at lunch but I did n't expect it to come to this … ’ |
| 21 | Talei said later : ‘ I was thrilled to have found my real parents but I did n't know how I could possibly get out there . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It was hard work but I do n't mind hard work , I like working . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's got black hair and he goes to work but I do n't know where , and he wears this blue thing over his clothes . |
| 24 | So now I know the work but I do n't know the pleasure . ’ |
| 25 | I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work . |
| 26 | ‘ I said you were at work but I did n't let him have your number . |
| 27 | I 'm glad it had a very happy ending but I did n't cry or anything like that even though there were some scary bits . |
| 28 | Well I 've got lots of acquaintances but I do n't know that I necessarily want to put them on the erm |
| 29 | Oh yeah , I did n't mind wrestling but I do n't like |
| 30 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |