Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er communism and politics are like religion they do n't necessarily deliver the goods . |
| 2 | In practice they do not always turn out so much better , for a number of reasons . |
| 3 | A pleasant little place ; a pity they did so little trade . |
| 4 | In the living room they did not even look under the cushions . |
| 5 | SEX and football are like oil and water they do n't really mix . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't have Thomson and although Airtours have bought Aspro they do n't actually have any travel agents here , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't have Thomson and although Airtours have bought Aspro they do n't actually have any travel agents here , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The district which was due to take over the funding is now claiming that some of the people who are now living in the special units attached to old people 's homes are not their responsibility They did not originally come from their districts and so they are refusing to pay some of the finance over . |
| 9 | Intellec-tually unequipped to understand their position in society , peasants were correspondingly unable to see how to transform it , and their protests tended to take one of two forms : they were either aimed at specific local abuses , or grew into passionate , symbolic outbursts against a society they did not fully comprehend . |
| 10 | And finally gives charts the kind of breathing space they did n't quite have before . |
| 11 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 12 | In four years on French soil they did not even acquire a liking for wine . |
| 13 | Huggy Bear are like a fractious baby , communicating their youthful frustration through noise , abrasive confrontation and complete confusion , screaming out at the unfairness of a world they do n't fully comprehend . |
| 14 | Although reduced feed consumption and diarrhoea affect liveweight gain they do not wholly account for the loss in production . |
| 15 | In some way they do n't quite articulate , they feel that he 's what they would call unreliable . ’ |
| 16 | If it 's Swiss or French they do n't usually bother . ’ |
| 17 | Thus it can be argued that although the courts proclaim that in reviewing the decisions of an administrative body they are merely attempting to keep the body within the jurisdiction conferred upon it by Parliament , in fact they do sometimes explicitly justify their decisions by reference to the expertise or lack of expertise of the body whose decision it is sought to review . |
| 18 | ‘ But his speech showed clearly the trap , and on the whole when traps are set in sight of the victim they do n't usually catch it . ’ |
| 19 | Even though the NSDAP was to achieve its majority in the Danzig Volkstag with a very clear mandate from the electorate to do what it thought necessary , most Danzigers were prepared to reap the benefits of being on the winning side without pondering too deeply the significance or morality of their own personal support for a party they did not entirely trust or like . |