Example sentences of "they do [adv] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it . |
| 2 | Furthermore , who would guess , if they did not already happen to know , that the huge sum raised by plants was the achievement and gift of one family – the Crawfords ? |
| 3 | They did not even try to make their horses do what they wanted by the ordinary or commonplace methods of these days ; they believed that punishment was the best method of education , and this style of ‘ horsemanship ’ persisted into the seventeenth century and beyond . |
| 4 | They did not therefore want to suggest of Christ that he was another God , which would create a polytheistic situation . |
| 5 | It was n't that the programmes were bad , but they did not actually choose to cover different topics from male current affairs teams , while the whole hypothesis had been that they would in fact cover different topics — that there were uncovered topics in social policy and the rest of it . |
| 6 | In short , teachers are helped to offer all children , as Quinton put it when reporting his and Rutter 's findings ( 1988 ) on the healing effects of teachers on children in even severe adversity , ‘ good school experiences , such as some form of success , accomplishment , sense of self-esteem or just pleasure in school activities ’ , with consequent better adjustment in adult life — even if they did not always seem to have an immediate effect ( ! ) . |
| 7 | It seems their relationship was so informal they did n't even bother to exchange surnames , ’ she added bitterly , before thrusting a slip of paper into Gina 's hands and continuing bleakly , ‘ Wendy wrote down the address of the flat for me . |
| 8 | The living room ceiling was hung with bunting , the kitchen smelt of roast turkey , the house was full of people who all knew each other intimately , the videos had been ordered and the sideboard was laden with drink and in fact everyone behaved just like it was a real family Christmas , except that Boy had sex with two other men in the bathroom , and they did n't even bother to lock the door because they knew that no one else there would mind , knew that they did n't have to hide what they were doing from the rest of the party . |
| 9 | They did n't even bother to use the gate but swung their legs over the low railing and walked straight in among the stones to where the girl was . |
| 10 | I think the authorities then were so used to keeping everything secret , they did n't even think to tell us . |
| 11 | They did n't even stop to ask . ’ |
| 12 | Finally it was time to tackle the design of the hotel 's talking-point — the vast fresh-water swimming-pool Stephen planned to construct to cater for guests who , having come thousands of miles to see the Caribbean , decided they did n't actually want to swim in it . |
| 13 | He even bullied the women who came into his shop , selling them things they did n't really want to buy and refusing to stock things that they did . |
| 14 | Both their voices were low ; they did n't really mean to include him in the conversation , and it was noisy in the room ; people laughed and shouted , the music next door had been turned up . |
| 15 | In the wake of Wang 's going Chapter 11 , a bon mot dropped from Scott McNealy 's lips to the effect that things are so bad in Massachusetts now they do n't even bother to plough Route 128 when it snows . |
| 16 | the first year and the most you get out of them is they do n't even bother to come and see you in the corridor do , who went down ? |
| 17 | I should think I mean , one of the guys he does the and they do n't even want to do the word . |
| 18 | They do n't even need to do that . |
| 19 | ‘ When they get home at 5.45 they can switch off , they do n't even have to think to watch Neighbours . |
| 20 | They do n't even like to say the words open fields , thought Dorcas . |
| 21 | But then they do n't even seem to have wondered before what they themselves feel about the matter . |
| 22 | Er they do n't particularly like to make a , a noise , but some , some do if it 's quick . |
| 23 | They do n't bleeding bother to come up so it 's only like a Sunday in n it ? |
| 24 | they do n't all have to go up . |
| 25 | What you would do in your case with children is probably appoint them all and then they do n't all have to prove so they would hopefully discuss this at the time and say Well you know I 'm a long way away why do n't you two get on with . |
| 26 | But they do n't literally try to deform the old physical object into the new one . |
| 27 | Quite a lot of them did n't have all that much meat in them , which is not surprising , because they do n't actually have to have all that much meat , which we thought was quite amazing . |
| 28 | ‘ They do n't actually have to marry . |
| 29 | and are , are employing and paying people to work them but they do n't ever seem to come to any let's say reportable conclusion about the cost of operations . |
| 30 | But they do n't often fail to propagate … |