Example sentences of "but [vb past] not [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maurice appreciated the thought , but seemed not to care greatly one way of the other . |
| 2 | The fact , much relied on in some more recent cases in the Ormandy line , that service by mail is not allowed in domestic Japanese cases can not be relevant ; Japan could have objected to Article 10(a) but chose not to do so . |
| 3 | These matters were dealt with quite properly ; and where departures from the Local Plan were permitted , this was after advertisement and reference to the Secretary of State for the Environment , who could have intervened , but chose not to do so . |
| 4 | He wanted to turn round but dared not do so . |
| 5 | She hoped for a reply , but dared not hope too much ; she imagined that the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt would have had many replies and perhaps ladies with experience would be far more preferable to a young comparatively inexperienced girl like her . |
| 6 | I thought they did , but dared not say so . |
| 7 | Plasma aldosterone concentration was increased by hydrochlorothiazide but did not change significantly with enalapril . |
| 8 | The following year Brando and Clift were just two of an array of stars in the big-scale war film The Young Lions , but did not appear together . |
| 9 | The seneschal glanced at it briefly but did not appear excessively worried , even when after a few moments — the scullions running past and round them were all carrying pails of water and sand , fire blankets , cutting gear and stretchers . |
| 10 | The Government was tempted to seek alternative partners in the Commonwealth and Europe , but did not do so because the Americans had so much more to offer if the MacMahon restrictions could be circumvented or ameliorated . |
| 11 | The bailiffs of the town were ordered by the court to produce them , but did not do so . |
| 12 | Added to her humiliation was the knowledge that some of her friends , who had seen the incident , could have helped her but did not do so . |
| 13 | Parliament could by legislation have provided for the revocation or variation of an injunction , but did not do so in section 39 . |
| 14 | He was told by the police to desist , but did not do so , and when arrested , used considerable force to resist . |
| 15 | For the rebels , the war was a military enterprise with political motives ; for the Republicans , it was a political question , whose resolution necessitated , but did not rest entirely upon , military intervention . |
| 16 | They were the UN Development Programme and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific — both of which were billed to appear but did not show up . |
| 17 | At the end of a scientific lecture , C. P. Snow once received a backhanded compliment from his chairman who said , ‘ We all knew Raman spectroscopy was complicated , but did not realise how complicated until we heard Snow 's talk ’ . |
| 18 | When Boswell , hearing his praise of it , said , perhaps enquiringly , ‘ You never ate it before , ’ Johnson replied that he had hot but did not care how soon he ate it again . |
| 19 | Twenty eight year old Andrew Hayton approached at around sixty miles an hour on his Yamaha motorbike but did not slow down . |
| 20 | A survey of welfare spending by all private firms conducted by the Ministry of Labour in 1975 estimated that such payments yielded benefits equivalent to 10–15 per cent of annual earnings , but did not distinguish very clearly how this differs according to size of firm . |
| 21 | The previous section identified the axes of the McKinsey-GE matrix , but did not explain how attractiveness or competitive strengths could be classified as high , medium or low . |
| 22 | Mr Berecz said he still considered himself a member of the old party and refused to recognise the new one — despite voting for its establishment — but did not rule out the possibility of seeking admission to it . |
| 23 | Ford dismissed an immediate meeting with the unions but did not rule out talks after Christmas . |
| 24 | A spokesman for IBM France said it had already earmarked 1,500 job cuts for 1993 through voluntary redundancies , but did not rule out further measures if the market deteriorated . |
| 25 | DEMOS advocated a new Yugoslav confederation in which Slovenia would enjoy virtually full sovereignty and economic independence , but did not rule out holding a referendum on secession if the Yugoslav federal authorities would not accept its plans for a new Slovene constitution , a separate currency , and withdrawal of all Slovene conscripts from the Yugoslav People 's Army . |
| 26 | She had only three members of her immediate family left in Bosnia but did not hold out much hope of getting them out . |
| 27 | He told police that shortly before 6pm on Monday he spotted them sunbathing naked , but did not go near . |
| 28 | These migrants differed in some important respects from the 46% of applicants who were non–enrollers , ( those who applied to a particular institution but did not go on to enrol anywhere ) . |
| 29 | This is because the revolution in East Germany after 1945 changed the structures of power and ownership — but did not go on to change the structure of social relationships . |
| 30 | In that particular case the judges pronounced in general on the right of free speech , but did not go so far as to appoint experts to ascertain whether the accused was right in his criticism or not ( see The Art Newspaper No.14 , January 1992 , p.1 ) . |