Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She warned her successors ‘ to be jolly careful they do n't give government too many extra powers and undo what I 've done ’ . |
| 2 | Her feet and hands were so cold they did n't seem to belong to her , but that was nothing to the coldness inside . |
| 3 | CONTESTANTS on TV 's Bullseye are so thick they do n't have IQs they have Low Qs . |
| 4 | Five months since the most vicious dictator in Europe was in charge here , it 's not surprising they did n't move to anything which was electorally perfect . |
| 5 | It 's not surprising they do n't come anywhere , they 've got so much erm hype and pressure |
| 6 | well I mean I 'm not surprised they do n't wan na take a picture of our garden cos it 's a mess but er I 'd have thought he would have taken a picture of yours and sold you one . |
| 7 | Erm , but the , they were totally honest they did n't feel |
| 8 | Nigel also told every journalist proudly that he was ‘ married with one son ’ , although he made damn sure they did n't interview him at home , where they might meet his wife , or worse still , her friends . |
| 9 | He smiled at her and because they were n't alone they did n't speak but words were n't needed to exchange emotions shared . |
| 10 | Because when my government does see the pattern — you 're quite right they do n't want to see it right now and my D-G is n't helping them — but when these people do the next thing , and it 'll have to be something big — they 're up against a deadline on Berlin they 've already escalated it from forged documents to drugging people to shooting them God knows what comes next well when something new happens the lone psychopath theory will be dead , dead , dead . |
| 11 | How strange they does n't have them , that was only a week or two . |
| 12 | And traditionally , I find , British parents tend to erm say on the one hand we 'll let the school get on and do their professional job — I find it quite depressing they do n't ask for more say in the organisation , but they do demand , quite rightly , the right to criticise when things go wrong . |
| 13 | But electors ca n't be ordered around in the way Labour Party members can , and they have made pretty clear they did n't like the result ( neither do Labour Party members , which is why they have left in droves ) . |
| 14 | ‘ George did n't want to put the business at the cottage to them , you can see why , and it 's pretty clear they do n't want to believe in a conspiracy anyway , even when they knew about the Reznichenko Memorandum . ’ |
| 15 | Shame about that bungalow next door but one , cos that 'd be a nice bungalow but it 's not very lovely they do n't look after it very well . |