Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered for a moment if he was dead drunk ; but I fancy not . " |
| 2 | This may be more fashionable than sound ( but I hope not ) . |
| 3 | Maybe I 'll regret it , but I hope not , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ But I hope not for two weeks — and then with any luck not on a Friday , or I may have to ask Doctor Masters to deputise for me . ’ |
| 5 | but I hope not . |
| 6 | Could be , but I hope not . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she said , ‘ but I prefer not to chat while someone 's singing . |
| 8 | I mean I says , look I says , I 'm not , I 'm not saying you ca n't have your parties or whatever , I says but I says not in the bedrooms . |
| 9 | There 's no doubt that both marriages were a mistake , but I try not to blame anyone and I certainly do n't feel resentful towards my ex-wives . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , but I try not to think of those days . |
| 11 | Malcolm tries to look strong , but I pretend not to notice . |
| 12 | He defined shared values in the 1980s in the broadest sense , But I maintain not only that it is valid to speak about shared values in that sense , but also that it is that commonality that defines us as a society . |
| 13 | But I 've not yet met a bank who 's good at it . |
| 14 | But I 've not been taking them for the last week . |
| 15 | Stronger but I 've not with anything anything like that . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 've not yet eaten , ’ he said . |
| 17 | But I 've not heard anything of him since I last left food and some clothes for him , and that was three days ago . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well , they 've taken a blood sample , so I understand , on account of her not being able to give a breath specimen , but I 've not heard one way or the other . |
| 19 | There are ways of converting the voice stuff into a more standardised format , so that it can be heard by different systems , but I 've not learnt how to do that yet . |
| 20 | Mark S. sent them summat , but I 've not seen us there yet . |
| 21 | She has but I 've not had time to er assess her yet . |
| 22 | In actual fact I 've got a friend and I go potholing with him , we meet , he 's a Kendall farmer , he 's a a sheep farmer and er , we meet and he says you know what I 've got a problem with on my land , not foxes dogs and walkers that have n't got them on the leads and crows at lambing time cos they peck their eyes out and things of that calibre , he says yes , I 'll tell you what I 'll bet you I 've had animals taken by foxes he , he says I probably have , he said but I 've not had this kind of unindeighted killing as . |
| 23 | There must be a teapot , but I 've not discovered it as yet . |
| 24 | Well I know , but I 've not seen it . |
| 25 | I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper . |
| 26 | Kevin 's been done but I 've not given him anything back in writing yet , which I 've go to do . |
| 27 | But I 've not done it yet . |
| 28 | but I 've not our costs |
| 29 | I think when he was so near to death I thought bloody hell I bet it 's that nightmare but I 've not mentioned , do n't mention it |
| 30 | Well I do n't know but I mean not someone |