Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] n't [vb infin] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes it might , but the authors do n't mention it actually as a possibility . |
| 2 | so many of the teachers that teach it are far too embarrassed to broach the subject sensibly , you know , and they just pass it on and so kids do n't treat it sensibly . |
| 3 | The screws do n't use it properly either . |
| 4 | The Sonar and Radar pioneers did n't know it then , but all the world now knows that bats , or rather natural selection working on bats , had perfected the system tens of millions of years earlier , and their " radar " achieves feats of detection and navigation that would strike an engineer dumb with admiration . |
| 5 | Probably its builders do n't comprehend it fully either : engine specialists do n't in detail understand wings , and wing specialists understand engines only vaguely . |
| 6 | In some ways it was good , though a lot of the older generation of vets did n't like it much . |
| 7 | I think obviously the younger pupils did n't grasp it very clearly . |
| 8 | Thérèse says the letters did n't put it very clearly . |
| 9 | The residential streets did n't like it early in the morning , the clatter of Midnight 's hooves on their concrete drives , but she was no worse than the milkman , and they were quick enough to scoop up any free dung for their roses , she noticed . |
| 10 | There 's a whole school of psycho- history mainly in the United States , not many followers here , and er , I must admit , I , I used to have er a class on psycho-history on this course , and I dropped it , and the reason was , I think students did n't find it very satisfactory , and the literature was of such poor quality . |
| 11 | howls did n't give it away . |
| 12 | He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ . |