Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Day after day Charles sat waiting for something to happen , but nothing ever did . |
| 2 | ‘ No , but everyone else does . ’ |
| 3 | As a man , a white , a heterosexual , from a capitalist country , the country she tried to free , I have no right , you may think , to stand on this platform , but I gladly do so in order to salute her . |
| 4 | But I mostly did n't know which fragments were recent and which were fossil . |
| 5 | Because I was like well it was n't quite gelling , but I just done it anyway and it |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know , but I just do . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 8 | Normally I would , but I just do n't want to move . |
| 9 | I du n no , but I just do n't want to budge . |
| 10 | Ken Branagh is a fascinating man and he has an amazing sense of duty to other people , but I just do n't have his kind of energy . |
| 11 | I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 12 | He comes , which means he 's here all the time but I just do n't tune in . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I could say my success bodes well for him , but I just do n't know . |
| 14 | With a wardrobe comprising jeans and sweatshirts , a make-up bag containing an eight-year-old foundation and a hairstyle that had n't changed in ten years ( husband Steve never noticed when she 'd been to the hairdressers ) , Juliana felt in a rut ‘ I feel I 'm 30 going on 40 and would love to look more stylish , but I just do n't know where to start . ’ |
| 15 | But I just do n't understand why you want to stop being exciting pop stars and become boring rock musicians . |
| 16 | I have powerful suspicions , but I just do n't know . |
| 17 | You 'd think with my connections at the National Gallery , Washington , and the Virginia Museum and Yale that I would know more people in the field , but I just do n't . |
| 18 | My dad says there are really good routes worth doing that are only V.Diff and that 's all he ever wants to take me up , but I just do n't want to know . |
| 19 | To which the response is so often a puzzled look and something along the lines of : " But I just do n't know what I feel " . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Preston , ’ she said , ‘ but I just do n't think you 're behaving very responsibly at the moment . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm sorry but I just do n't want a relationship right now . |
| 22 | Aubrey seemed to think she probably would marry him , but I just do n't believe it . ’ |
| 23 | But I just do n't have the heart to explore these ideas ’ , says Gibson . |
| 24 | erm but I just do n't , I 'm not going |
| 25 | ’ You know , Mr. Kopek , ’ she said at last , ’ I do n't know whether it 's this new technology or just the way I 'm feeling this morning , but I just do n't seem to be able to take this in . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm sorry , but I just do n't want to go . ’ |
| 27 | But I just do n't seem able to get to sleep . ’ |
| 28 | But I just do n't know ; she 's afraid of rows between us , so she 's afraid naturally to say anything . ’ |
| 29 | Apart from El Tel I 've also recently mentioned , Strach , big Jack , and a certain Mr Howard Kendall ( calm down Mark H ! ! : - ) ) ) ) ) , as possible managers , but I just do n't see it happening . |
| 30 | ‘ I know , but I just do n't feel that this warrants it ! ’ |