Example sentences of "[noun sg] but i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know friends think I 'm a bit outdated in my thinking but I do n't understand women who just live with men . |
| 2 | Now , I was never a good getter-up but I do have the excuse that I often retire very late , particularly if I have a visitor in the afternoon and need to get a bit of washing or something done at night when it is possible to get on with it without interruptions . |
| 3 | And I think he 's lost weight but I do n't like to tell |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Well , I ca n't claim complete recall but I do remember 91–92 like it was only last year ; - ) . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | So now I know the work but I do n't know the pleasure . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It was hard work but I do n't mind hard work , I like working . |
| 11 | Oh yeah , I did n't mind wrestling but I do n't like |
| 12 | She said it 's er about ten pound a tub but I do n't know how far a tub would go ? |
| 13 | Desert Orchid 's owner Richard Burridge said : ‘ Yes , I 've heard about the plan but I do n't know exact details . ’ |
| 14 | People sometimes say they bear no malice but I do not know how they can say that . |
| 15 | Erm the J C one we 'll have to try and deal with that again as a separate issue but I do n't , I mean the amount of time we 're losing from high levels of sickness we talked about a c couple of meetings or so ago , about the absence levels with some people , we 've just got ta make sure we crack that on the head , we 're just haemorrhaging money , the fact that it is not just hours it 's money . |
| 16 | and it might even still be at home but I do n't know where it is , I ca n't find . |
| 17 | She was a jolly sort of girl but I do n't think our parents would have kept her if they had known the way she talked to us , and the things she told us . |
| 18 | ‘ We do n't have a big meal at lunchtime — usually sandwiches , beans or soup with toast but I do feel Jake should have a proper meal . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not averse to marriage but I do n't believe I 'll ever do it ’ the singer , 52 , told Woman 's Own magazine . |
| 20 | I have though had a good ratio of women to men shown in the gallery but I do n't think that is what draws women to me . |
| 21 | The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set . |
| 22 | ‘ I can put out the announcement but I do n't think James Worsdale will show up . ’ |
| 23 | He did an excellent job but I do n't want curly hair anymore . |
| 24 | ‘ You can never say that you have finished the job but I do feel that there is now wide acceptance that we 've got a sound business . |
| 25 | I know I can do the job but I do n't want to put pressure on the board . |
| 26 | a lot of men are not very good at taking a women 's opinion but I do n't necessarily regard that as a translation into some form of male misogyny . |
| 27 | It probably came in the post but I do n't know where from . |
| 28 | ‘ It would be wrong to anticipate the conclusions of the inquiry but I do want to assure the public that this matter is a cause of great concern to the Prison Service and that all aspects of the escape , including the role played by prison staff , will be very carefully examined . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I get most of the attention but I do n't go out thinking what I 'm going to do , what headlines I 'm going to make . |
| 30 | ‘ I admit I am not playing that well at the moment but I do n't think either Dewi Morris or Steve Bates are pulling up trees either . |