Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] they do [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The qualities looked for in a higher civil servant are : intelligence ; fluency of mouth and pen , particularly in producing a persuasive argument and in composing a good ministerial speech ; the capacity to induce other people to carry out a policy that perhaps they do not much wish to carry out ; a political ‘ nose ’ ; the ability ( in a Department or a local or regional office ) to organise those beneath him or her ; and capacity for hard work ( many of those at the top work extremely hard ) . |
| 2 | to do it and then they do n't really want them any more . |
| 3 | What you would do in your case with children is probably appoint them all and then they do n't all have to prove so they would hopefully discuss this at the time and say Well you know I 'm a long way away why do n't you two get on with . |
| 4 | All that helps to explain why businessmen are keen to talk up prospects in official surveys and why they do n't really believe all that they say . |
| 5 | But now they do n't even do that . |
| 6 | But then they do n't even seem to have wondered before what they themselves feel about the matter . |
| 7 | ‘ But then they do n't yet know what you are . |