Example sentences of "[adj] people do [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This genial host admits that many English people do n't really know what to expect when they visit the Emerald Isles . |
| 2 | But some people do n't just try to change their other half 's appearance : they want to alter their characters , too . |
| 3 | Litzi Miller champion trainer says that some people do n't even bet they'e just happy to see their dog win |
| 4 | This seemed to me the greatest achievement of the afternoon ; some people do n't even learn to think for themselves at university . |
| 5 | erm , yes and some of the design houses will mark up what then handle some of them wo n't in terms of after the design stage and that I think is something that some people do n't always realise |
| 6 | he was going both of them going , how 's your missus , some people did n't even know that you were pregnant again |
| 7 | In the owner-occupied and privately rented housing sectors old people do not often have the means or the energy to make use of improvement grants . |
| 8 | So , well before we get on to any issues to do with the structural poverty of the Third World , maintained by the wealth extracting efforts and arrangements of our Western world , we can surely see why quite a few people do not really believe in recovery through economic growth and consumption and we need to ask whether we ought to want it anyway , but people in the Tory Party and in the Labour Party in the City with a capital C and the trade unions with a Capital T and a U go on talking as if our goal must be jobs and recovery in the same old way , technologized , computerized and skillerlized of course with strong dashes of management insights and so on |
| 9 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 10 | Few thoughtful people do not now fear nuclear catastrophe within a period which is infinitesimal when set against the history of mankind . |
| 11 | So , when they 'd finished performing I 've Got My Mojo Working , I pointed out to David that these people did n't really appreciate their music and David , being the sensitive soul that he is , burst into tears . |
| 12 | But these people do n't usually make mistakes . ’ |
| 13 | It was no wonder that in the late Seventies , when Americans were beginning to query whether they were carrying out too many coronary by-passes , Britain 's health correspondents were reporting that many people did not even know such life savers existed . |
| 14 | A feature of suburbia is that many people do not even know their own neighbours ; certainly not those across the way . |
| 15 | Many people do n't even see themselves as carers . |
| 16 | Yet many people do n't actually want desktop publishing in the Macintosh sense , they want better quality word processors which can integrate text and graphics . |
| 17 | His family was poor , and poor people did not often hear music . |
| 18 | And professional people do n't usually throw compliments around like that . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , I do n't want to talk about love , women , past marriages , present marriages , family , stuff that normal people do n't readily talk about … |
| 20 | Bereaved people do not always need to be ‘ done unto ’ . |
| 21 | But , despite her comfort , she never forgets that other people do n't always have it so easy that life can be hard . |
| 22 | ‘ In my day , ’ she was saying , ‘ New Year 's Eve was a family evening , young people did n't just suit themselves . |
| 23 | It is said that mentally handicapped people do not normally enjoy a happy life . |
| 24 | The only trouble was that intelligent people did n't willingly take a car into the heart of a city as busy as Milan on a weekday . |
| 25 | The fact that they 've chosen to have somebody representing them in objection to the new settlement proposal I think is as strong an indication as you can get that the local people do n't actually support the council on this point . |
| 26 | Not only is it difficult to let go of tension , but most people do n't even realise when they are becoming tense . |
| 27 | The Citizens Advice Bureau gave me help with getting his benefits right but most people do n't even know where to find the CAB . |
| 28 | Most people do n't actually go into things as deeply as we do . |
| 29 | Blackpool has its quieter side too , away from the bright lights , which most people do n't usually get to see . |
| 30 | If you kept that covered up , most people did n't even know it was there . ’ |