Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] they [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Replacement adsorption pads cost around £5 for three and because of this expense , human nature being what it is , there is a tendency not to replace them as regularly as recommended . |
| 2 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 3 | And she does not hear them as well as she did once . |
| 4 | In other words , they may win within the established system but it does not get them very far if they are not carrying the people with them in a popular crusade for change . |
| 5 | We erm , given that you have to do , okay , I did n't brief them as fully as I could of , and half way through I looked at it again just to make sure I had n't missed the bottom line that said , you know stand on your head instead in the park , so I just had a little read . |
| 6 | I 've tried it to my peril a couple of times , and it really does get quite embarrassing , so that 's a difference , and of course on the grey handset , there 's a pitch control underneath as well as a volume control , okay , so they 're a bit more modern , but I do n't like these actually , because you ca n't hug them as easily as the cream ones , they just do n't sit on your shoulder . |
| 7 | They probably figure the public would n't like them very much if they dragged a sick girl from her bed . |
| 8 | We would n't go in at a , I would n't go in at all , but Stuart 's mum used to live right opposite and she likes to go in occasionally cos she sees all her old friends , she do n't see them very often so she likes to go in and see all her old friends , otherwise I do n't |
| 9 | She had one pair of trousers , and she could n't put them on again until they were dry . |
| 10 | You would n't kill them straight away cos they 're so |