Example sentences of "people [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 2 | Things 'd be much easier if people did n't make it so complicated . |
| 3 | ‘ People did n't believe I could go beyond seven or eight rounds without blowing out , ’ said Mason . |
| 4 | ‘ People did n't believe I could go beyond seven or eight rounds without blowing out , ’ said Mason . |
| 5 | The money sloshing around allowed new wave companies to agglomerate , service the raiders and beneficiaries of Big Bang and create demands which people did n't even know they had . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | People did n't have money for taxis so we took limousines . |
| 8 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 9 | People did n't even know most other people 's names let alone their dogs ' . |
| 10 | People did n't get it . ’ |
| 11 | It was also a lack of knowledge — 98 per cent of the people did n't know what the arguments were really about . |
| 12 | Primitive people did n't have our self-imposed restrictions , you see . |
| 13 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 14 | ‘ People did n't contribute towards an education trust . ’ |
| 15 | I just felt that these people did n't share my values . ’ |
| 16 | Labour had taken the election manifesto of 1983 — the so-called ‘ longest suicide note in history ’ — and rewritten it on the basis of what it thought the people did n't want . |
| 17 | Either she was a Madonna and people did n't give her credit for being one , or else she was trying to be one and people were trying to stop her or possibly she was being forced to be one against her better judgement . |
| 18 | People did n't realise it was an ideal . |
| 19 | People did n't speak to you . |
| 20 | Most people did n't try wit or persuasion on her , drunk or sober . |
| 21 | People did n't trust her . |
| 22 | And two people did n't , I thought , drift into talking like that after knowing each other for such a short while unless there was immediate trust and liking . |
| 23 | Loads of people did n't half tell the council how cruel it was . |
| 24 | As he told the NSS last year , ‘ All the great reformers and responsible people did n't dare pop their heads above the parapet when I was saying , ‘ Let's junk some of the rubbish , let's talk , let's get some real debate back . ' |
| 25 | People did n't move much once they got to a road like this one . |
| 26 | People did n't expect such violence and brutality . |
| 27 | You think people did n't Polaroid each other fifteen years ago when that was the new technology ? ’ |
| 28 | Then suddenly we had to leave for London , so I suppose the call-up people did n't know where I was . |
| 29 | People did n't try and score points off each other — contributions were acknowledged and applauded , rather than criticized or tested to destruction . |
| 30 | People did n't change much . |