Example sentences of "they just do [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er they just did n't go to funerals . |
| 2 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 3 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 4 | You can imagine that some drivers er went the wrong way , and it was just that they , they just did n't concentrate on the run but nowadays they seem to run all over the town . |
| 5 | A Newcastle police spokeswoman said : ‘ The fact they dumped the baby may mean they just did n't look in the back until it was too late . |
| 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 just do n't want tae know . |
| 8 | You see the only way that you can really discipline them is when you have a school where the rules have been very , very strict from the moment that they went into that school and they have had their noses held to the grindstone with work up to their brows and they just do n't think of being tiresome and anybody who is tiresome is pulled out and put in a special room on their own , called a sin bin an which is rather boring and made to work even harder ! |
| 9 | ‘ They just do n't come across as remotely manufactured although soon they 'll probably become too aware to be good any more . ’ |
| 10 | and people who are prepared to discuss the issue but they just do n't come out the door to where erm , the people are that need the information . |
| 11 | Because they just do n't seem to be aware of the difficulties , people have of living on on the breadline and under the breadline . |
| 12 | They are not lazy , they just do not think in the free-flowing goal-oriented way that the ‘ butterflies ’ do . |
| 13 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |