Example sentences of "[adv] but [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He and I are always spending time together but we are not romantically inclined , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself . |
| 3 | always used to be sort of double depth down but they 're not any longer . |
| 4 | It 's it just means we go like we got mixed up with our zero and we should have started lower down but we 're not going to change it now . |
| 5 | The steward of a lordship or the master of the royal game might guard the Crown 's interests as a landlord — or put in a deputy to do so but he was not concerned with the collection of taxes , the maintenance of order , and the execution of justice . |
| 6 | I would n't get , I would n't mind if it was bloody six o'clock but it was n't it was more like half past . |
| 7 | Now , we were due to finish at four o'clock but I 'm not suggesting we can get through all the business if we carry on . |
| 8 | Well more or less but he were n't amused at any of the results so |
| 9 | After all , we may be learning as we go along but it is n't long before we discover that not everybody has a sylph-like waist or arms that with a little stretch will trail along the floor ! |
| 10 | ‘ Now , you 're not to be cross with me , my dear , because I did n't come sooner , the truth is I wanted to come straight away but it was n't possible . |
| 11 | Coming up to my house pretty soon but I 'm not going there cos it 's shit . |
| 12 | and outside where those students sit , I thought the young people were when you read some of that in paper the cigarette ends and crisp packets , well that can only be the students , I mean people go through but they 're not |
| 13 | I knew he would not but I was not too disappointed . |
| 14 | Yeah but not but it 's not for school it 's for some people outside school , it 's a sort of |
| 15 | Okay , the , the tale is that in January I booked Derwent dining hall for a barn dance next week and got a phone call yesterday but I was n't there and she rang back this morning , said oh I 'm very sorry , I 'm very sorry , but you ca n't have it , I 'm very sorry . |
| 16 | And how d' you get toast charred so that you 've got to scrape it off but it is n't burnt ? |
| 17 | With an elephant you can kick it till the cows come home but it 's not going to worry about it . |
| 18 | I can bring along the statements of these people who 've said all sorts of things , you can you know put down at once but they 're not put down . |
| 19 | things like but he was n't |
| 20 | ‘ I was stopped all right but it was n't as simple as poor McQuaid made out . |
| 21 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , I used to tread the boards , I am an actor all right but there are n't many roles for a man who sustained an injury that left one leg shorter than the other . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you 're right but there are not many who would shift the blame on to a brother 's shoulders . |
| 24 | Well we went past the crash and we could see that there was something going on but we were n't sure what it was . |
| 25 | I could go on but there is n't space . |
| 26 | He goes oh she were in earlier on but she were n't feeling very well . |
| 27 | They might listen politely but they 're not actively involved . |
| 28 | She grieved deeply for him but without bitterness ; at one level she is still grieving years later but it is not a destructive grieving . |
| 29 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 30 | 1.25 : Got R to take off his coat and hang it up but I was n't quick enough for him as he removed his shoes and socks in a flash too . |