Example sentences of "they [adv] do [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But the people who are running them often do not know of each other 's existence , or if they do , they find it difficult to cooperate with one another . |
| 2 | What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise . |
| 3 | But they all did n't come at one time , they were always had new ones coming again . |
| 4 | they apparently do n't go on stage till half past seven |
| 5 | But er they just did n't go to funerals . |
| 6 | The contractions were coming quite quickly but they just did n't feel like proper contractions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | ‘ They just do n't come across as remotely manufactured although soon they 'll probably become too aware to be good any more . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They are not lazy , they just do not think in the free-flowing goal-oriented way that the ‘ butterflies ’ do . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However insignificant , they still do n't deserve to be thrown out with the bathwater , or rather the pond water . |
| 18 | If someone starts to give the impression that it is our home and the residents are just people who come and live in it , then they usually do n't stay in the job , it 's as easy as that . |
| 19 | If care assistants give the impression that it is our home and that the residents are just people who come and live in it , then they usually do n't stay in the job , it 's as easy as that . ’ |
| 20 | Moreover , the fact that they usually did not come from commercial backgrounds and were stationed in political capitals rather than commercial or industrial centres also tended to limit their effectiveness . |
| 21 | If they also do not comply with a condition in the contract between the manufacturer and distributor , the latter may also reject them . |
| 22 | Slaveholders fostered misery amongst their slaves ; they clearly did not act upon the precept of loving their neighbours . |
| 23 | Well then if , if someone was breaking in and they probably do n't go through doors , burglars , I 've never really studied it but |
| 24 | They probably do n't believe in it June ! |
| 25 | Of course , ‘ Ununited ’ is grammatically incorrect , but they probably did n't want to dis the place . |
| 26 | He could have done with something , fish and chips even , but the place was so goddamn countrified they probably did n't rise to things like that . |
| 27 | The adoral shields are approximately triangular and restricted to the proximal sides of oral shields , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate ; they often do not meet in the midline proximal to the oral shields . |
| 28 | Later when the ‘ other ’ side was told , they often did not agree with the way it was handled or even that it was a crisis . |
| 29 | A major problem with newsletters to parents is that they frequently do n't get to their destination . |
| 30 | They surely do not need to be told by the chairmen of the respective parliamentary committees what they should and should not do . |