Example sentences of "but [verb] [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We promised to keep in touch with her , but asked her not to communicate directly with our new daughter as she grew up , feeling instinctively that a child ca n't cope with having two mothers at once ! |
| 2 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
| 3 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |
| 4 | One can sympathise with owners of great houses , faced with tax and running costs , but let them not think that furnishings of the standing of Kent 's at Houghton can simply be dispensed with as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ and that their loss from the house would not in future be regretted . |
| 5 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 6 | There was … but let me not digress . |
| 7 | BUT Let us not forget Let us not Oh , let's … ? |
| 8 | I believe the readers ads fulfil a necessary part of the market , but let us not forget our local and national dealers . |
| 9 | It 's great to be instantly famous — and that 's how A&M makes them feel — but let us not forget what the company 's really interested in . |
| 10 | But let us not forget the reputation for compassion in which Britain still leads the world … ’ |
| 11 | But let us not forget that he gave his life in an act of selfless devotion to the race . |
| 12 | It is only right that we should analyse and debate the internal workings of the trade and its infrastructure , but let us not forget who pays our wages — the consumer . |
| 13 | I appreciate the arguments that go on nowadays , but let us not forget that the old crossings were not suitable for the disabled , which is why , in the case to which I am referring , it seemed unnecessary for the authority to insist on a ramp being built . |
| 14 | ‘ But let us not forget that when most of us were children Bradford and Leicester were themselves Darlingtons , recognisably a part of the same country as ours . ’ |
| 15 | But let us not stop here in our excoriations . |
| 16 | By all means let us seek to prevent congenital abnormalities , but let us not betray our Hippocratic tradition in the process . |
| 17 | ‘ But let us not darken our hearts by imagining the trial of their gentle loyalty in the Dark Tower . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , thanks , ’ I said , ‘ for the kind words , Daisy , but let us not kid ourselves . |
| 19 | Health promotion has , rightly , moved away from the traditional approach , but let us not dismiss health education fully until it has been properly implemented , let alone evaluated . |
| 20 | I do not suggest that , just because Britain is less violent and less prone to crime than most other west European countries , that diminishes the necessity to concentrate on the picture at home , but let us not frighten people unnecessarily by comparisons with the rest of Europe and the United States . |
| 21 | ( Goodman , 1965 , p. 17 , p. 23 , cf. p. 14 ; Ayer , 1972 , pp. 120 f. , cf. p 118 ; Lewis , 1973 , p. 1 ; Mackie , 1973 , p. 64 ) As a look at the philosophy of language and its analyses of " meaning " or its uses of " semantics " quickly shows , much more would need to be done to give us a well-defined problem , but let us not linger . |
| 22 | I am inclined to doubt it , but let us not linger , and consider instead the second premiss of the argument . |
| 23 | I recall explaining to my close friends at school , querying why my sister was so distressed , what had happened , but directing them not to tell anybody . |
| 24 | The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time . |
| 25 | The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time . |
| 26 | John told Anne that this was embarkation leave and he would soon be going to France but warned her not to mention it to anyone . |
| 27 | I explained that I wanted the experience of running my own expedition and , after some discussion , he withdrew his objections but warned me not to go further than Bilen . |
| 28 | She urged GPs to involve themselves actively in offering support but warned them not to belittle the efforts of dedicated relatives and friends struggling to look after the sick and elderly in their homes . |
| 29 | We wish her well , but advise her not to take a bathing costume . |
| 30 | ‘ There are some initiatives going on which interest me , whereby young women who had a child when they were adolescent , and although they love the child , regret very much that they were too young , too immature , and too unsupported to care for it effectively : it 's being suggested that they should go into schools and talk to girls about the glories of motherhood at the right time , but begging them not to embark on it too young . |