Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French , on the other hand , are so clear that they do n't make sense either . |
| 2 | in order to ha to achieve one 's goals , are you saying that how look well you 've just got to assume that they were wrong that they did n't mean what they said ? |
| 3 | Most parents graduate to giving one warning after the initial command so that the child has a little time in which to respond but parents need to be very careful that they do n't lapse into nagging to get the child to comply again . |
| 4 | People are different and they do n't want to be treated the same . |
| 5 | Banker Alan Clarke , who has spent years working in America , says : ‘ The American women I have been out with have always been successful and good-looking but they do n't have the ability to laugh at themselves . |
| 6 | They are damp but they do n't feel too bad |
| 7 | Cami knickers and french knickers became popular because they did n't take much material and were economic in coupons . |
| 8 | Be careful because they do n't want to be in a thunder storm . |
| 9 | Then they says anything technical that they do n't know about , you 've got to bring back in . |
| 10 | Odd that they did n't notice |
| 11 | Strange that they did n't hurt , but perhaps that was because the man was dead . |
| 12 | and others really victim , I said but is n't it , is n't it kinder in a way , I would n't , if they really are sick in their minds then but for the grace of god would n't it be kinder to stick a needle in their bottoms when they were asleep so they did n't wake up again |
| 13 | Irene Avery lay with her eyes closed , and for a moment Juliet hoped she would stay asleep so they did n't have to talk . |
| 14 | Debbie was upset that they did n't spend all their time here with her . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is crucial that they do n't feel drowsy — it could cost them a fortune . ’ |
| 16 | It 's not always easy or straightforward , and I still have difficulty in dealing with such sweeping generalisations as : ‘ he 's a Down 's Syndrome — they can be very stubborn , ca n't they ? ’ ; ‘ mentally handicapped … they can be quite violent if they do n't get their own way ’ . |
| 17 | They were ill because their clothes were not warm and they did n't have much food . |
| 18 | Some of the men had brought ropes and small axes with them so that , while they were in the forest , they could carry back a load of firewood rather than returning empty-handed if they did n't get the boar . |
| 19 | It was all right , because it was dark and they did n't have to talk . |
| 20 | It set him aside , he began to look at them with Barnett 's and Lewis 's eyes , thinking of them as unsuccessful because they did n't try . |
| 21 | True , he attempted to look a little more learned by wearing silver-rimmed spectacles that were dwarfed by his large face but were , he thought , all the more pedagoguish because they did n't flatter . |
| 22 | The inexperienced pilots often try to soar in unusable lift , and they concentrate so hard that they do n't recognise that they are drifting away and are not going to get back to the field . |
| 23 | You 're lucky that they did n't take the Turtles apart , they did n't open them . |
| 24 | They threw him out of college because of cocaine , and he was damn lucky that they did n't call the police , but all he 'd say to me was to stay cool ! |
| 25 | It 's inevitable that they do n't accept us . ’ |
| 26 | FOREST directors would n't be human if they did n't relish Brian Clough stewing in his own juice . |
| 27 | they were so s the leather was so soft and they did n't put nails in the soles , they put wooden pegs . |
| 28 | Somebody once said to me they think it 's really rude if they did n't bring wine to a , to a dinner party and then they do n't have to have to drink it . |
| 29 | Masculine like they do n't make them any more , do n't give a fuck about Dante , do n't touch alcohol , find it cold here after their own country and are more interested in praying and politics than getting laid . |
| 30 | And when he was found they 'd both be in such a heap of dung , they 'd be lucky if they did n't find themselves nicked as thieves . |