Example sentences of "but [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to go home now but I do when there 's peace again |
| 2 | ‘ Not enough to play up my ulcer , of course , but I do just tick over . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe , but I do also firmly believe in action . |
| 4 | Picasso 's Guernica is ‘ OK for some but I do n't like it ’ , as a young boy put it . |
| 5 | ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’ |
| 6 | That point may seem obvious but I do n't think whoever worked out the amounts given in state benefits ever took it into account . |
| 7 | Mark 's getting registered as a disabled person , which should help speed things up , but I do n't really know , I reckon the world just wants to forget about us . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you for trying , ’ I said slowly , ‘ but I do n't really see that there 's anything you can do to help . |
| 10 | This is all going to cut you off from London a bit , but I do n't see that there 's really any other way at the moment . ’ |
| 11 | At the moment it is in my garden , but I do n't think it is hardy enough to stay there . |
| 12 | ‘ I work here but I do n't belong here . ’ |
| 13 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
| 14 | But I do n't care , as my Mummy says I 'm unique because my ears stand up when they should be down . |
| 15 | Stavrogin writes : ‘ I 've tried the depths of debauchery and wasted my strength over it ; but I do n't like debauchery and never wanted it . ’ |
| 16 | But I do n't believe in encouraging the fancy — as long as there is imagination . |
| 17 | ‘ But I do n't intend to give up . |
| 18 | Everybody talked about the good of golf but I do n't think any of the 24 players were satisfied with the outcome . ’ |
| 19 | Asked what she would do once she had satisfied her immediate needs , one emigrant said , pensively , ‘ I shall watch the East German anniversary celebrations , but I do n't know if I will be laughing or crying . ’ |
| 20 | Today , I 've put in a runner bean — it must be all of twenty inches long — but I do n't grow them specially . |
| 21 | The US Masters champion said : ‘ To be the best in the world you 've got to play around the world , but I do n't expect to see Americans playing over here . |
| 22 | But I do n't see why they should be asked to shoot themselves in the foot by paying to train a competitor 's workforce , and neither do they ! ’ |
| 23 | But I do n't think we had the right attitude , ’ Sheila says . |
| 24 | There are rooms booked in the hotel if they want to take the opportunity of visiting relatives but I do n't expect them in Dublin until two days before we play . |
| 25 | Debussy 's answer to a journalist who asked if he was familiar with heaven — ‘ yes , but I do n't natter about it with strangers ’ - is not so silly as it sounds . |
| 26 | I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 27 | But I do n't think you should just appoint somebody and say he 's a worker director . |
| 28 | Perhaps I am abnormal in my endless fetish for light and patterns , but I do n't give a damn . |
| 29 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 30 | I used to go to Sunday school but I do n't go any more . |