Example sentences of "[adj] but i [vb base] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know what is wrong but I do n't feel right ’ , he said . |
| 2 | I mean I do n't , I do n't believe that your government is stupid er it may be immoral on occasions , it may be wrong but I do n't believe it 's necessarily stupid . |
| 3 | The lad Kenny 's OK but I do n't know how . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm told I 'm good at English but I do n't get very high marks . ’ |
| 5 | Oh that 's a new commercial but I do n't think very good . |
| 6 | wrote to them and said yes I 'd be interested but I have n't heard anything since . |
| 7 | A lot of people cam to my workshop and said , ‘ Oh yes , it 's very interesting but I do n't know what to do with it . |
| 8 | One of them is amazing but I do n't take it on the road with me ; I leave it at home . |
| 9 | Well I can get here for quarter to six if I leave work early but I do n't want to put you out . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's terribly sad but I do n't think I ever really loved her , either . |
| 11 | ‘ I would sell any of them to a non-Asian but I do n't know who they are . |
| 12 | So if that 's what wanting we 've got problems straightaway erm but certainly we will discuss what to do about that yes and to recognise them and to understand why , yes , fine but I do n't have a magic wand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Of course what I really need is something chemical and crystalline but I do n't have any and would n't know where to start looking for it in Inverness . |
| 15 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 16 | Well it is awful but I do n't know what you can do about it ! |
| 17 | BUYER : I 'm sorry but I do n't like the look of that car . |
| 18 | I do n't think yo I think you may be right but I do n't think I could keep up with the different kind of hairstyles ! |
| 19 | ‘ It 's real strange but I do n't feel cheated or that I deserved something and did n't get it ’ . |
| 20 | I 'm I 'm interested in making this job last as long as possible but I do n't think I want to go to retirement . |
| 21 | Well , we 've got our cost reductions as an ongoing process er , so it 's never complete , you 're always looking for ways to , to become more efficient or effective but I do n't anticipate any redundancies er , any further redundancies but obviously if , if , if systems become available which improve our efficiency and effectiveness we , we have to take account of it . |
| 22 | The battery was flat but I do n't think it was a tape and half flat . |
| 23 | ‘ This is all very well but I do n't see in any of it a motive for murder . |
| 24 | I 'm married but I have n't got any family yet |
| 25 | Mind you , if erm someone erm thought of erm if you 're on your own and a man says to you I 'm married but I do n't like it can I come and live with you ? |
| 26 | The first film was very good but I do n't think it was nearly as funny as this one . |
| 27 | Erm and this is going to sound stupid but I do n't know their second names . |
| 28 | ‘ Finding the creature is important but I do n't want anyone to get hurt in the process . ’ |
| 29 | still believe that SSE is important but I do n't believe that those who devised the scheme have got it right yet — feedback to the LEA , etc. will only be what senior staff within the school wish to discuss ; |
| 30 | I 'm not opposed to links when they 're relevant , I 've in fact argued and encouraged them and defended them where they 've taken place and I believe that they were important but I do n't believe in them taking place where they 're irrelevant and er where they er are unhelpful . |