Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] [adv] do " in BNC.
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1 | When , in 1989 , we started to explore the involvement of this mechanism in passive avoidance learning , there had already been a lot of speculation in the molecular neurobiology literature about whether it would be possible to show that c-fos and c-jun were specifically activated during memory formation ; but no-one had yet done the key , unequivocal experiment . |
2 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
3 | But , but I had more to do with her than Evelyn but er from what little bits I 've gleaned , you know , er I 'm a bit into everything like , and I seem to think , I 've got a f strange feeling that she 's something to do with education and they 're worried about children not speaking properly eventu |
4 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
5 | But I 'd never done it to a policeman before . |
6 | I was tired but I kept on doing it and doing it ; they asked me to stop but I would n't . |
7 | The other week she tried to get me to buy some different plants , but I did n't do it . |
8 | It was supposed to be work experience , but I did n't do much work other than stare at the test card , and this was a pretty boring experience . |
9 | Delivery vans are the kings of the jungle , but I did n't do too badly in the BMW . |
10 | But I did n't do it with dieting — it 's just that as you get older , and I 'm 62 now , you do n't need as much food . |
11 | But I did n't do the other jobs you accused me of , Pearce . |
12 | I did worry about how fit I 'd be , but I did n't do much about it . |
13 | But I did n't do anything like that after Uncle died in 1961 , so that means my land has had nothing but cow manure for twenty-five years . |
14 | Her face white , she whispered , ‘ But I did n't do any of those things — you know I did n't . ’ |
15 | I do n't care who told you I did but I did n't do that . |
16 | Yeah but I did still did see I do I wan na do a blue |
17 | But you got extra did n't you though ? |
18 | ‘ But you 'd better do as he tells you . |
19 | But you 'd better do it carefully . |
20 | No , but you had n't done anything till then . |
21 | O.K. , so you had all the motives , you even had the gun , but you did n't do it . |
22 | But you did n't do it today anyway , so |
23 | Iritnefert was a firebrand , but she had n't done anything . |
24 | But she had n't done it in stages . |
25 | But she had not done so . |
26 | Many times during this pocket lecture she could have turned and looked at her instructor , and put him clean out of countenance merely by looking ; but she had not done it because she was so sure that he was the young man from the entrance booth , a licensed enthusiast , and entitled to his brief moments of emotional escape . |
27 | This was one evil woman , no doubt about it , but she knew how to do it . |
28 | But she did n't do such things anyway . |
29 | But she did n't do this . |
30 | procedure but we 'd already done that . |