Example sentences of "[adj] but i do " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 4 | The lad Kenny 's OK but I do n't know how . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm told I 'm good at English but I do n't get very high marks . ’ |
| 6 | Oh that 's a new commercial but I do n't think very good . |
| 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 | We were very fortunate but I do remember the guns used to go off and I , when my so my son was born the , the guns were going off all the time from the castle . |
| 9 | One of them is amazing but I do n't take it on the road with me ; I leave it at home . |
| 10 | Well I can get here for quarter to six if I leave work early but I do n't want to put you out . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's terribly sad but I do n't think I ever really loved her , either . |
| 12 | ‘ It is all very sad but I do wish Kevin and the club success . |
| 13 | ‘ I would sell any of them to a non-Asian but I do n't know who they are . |
| 14 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 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 | Well it is awful but I do n't know what you can do about it ! |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | I actually I I intend to believe you actually have been sent by the Jehovah 's Witness to defend the indefensible , it 's a kind of like a and I I y'know , I 'm I 'm sorry but I do n't really think this actually deserves that . |
| 23 | BUYER : I 'm sorry but I do n't like the look of that car . |
| 24 | I said oh , I said , I 'm very sorry but I do n't kno , do n't know what you 'd have to charge to justify that you know , to buy it and then do it up , I do n't know ! |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | ‘ It 's real strange but I do n't feel cheated or that I deserved something and did n't get it ’ . |
| 27 | My neighbours are friendly but I do n't really know anybody intimately . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The battery was flat but I do n't think it was a tape and half flat . |