Example sentences of "they [verb] not [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not yet belong to our world and they certainly belonged to no other . |
| 2 | Each contributed much , but they did not often speak to each other , and indeed almost literally could not speak to each other . |
| 3 | They did not really want to be mutineers , but they were afraid of Tom Smith . |
| 4 | They went out from us but they did not really belong to us , for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us but their going showed that none of them belong to us . |
| 5 | There were bed-baths and nurses — nurses who if they did n't yet seem to be bursting out of their brassieres , were certainly stretching their blouses to danger point . |
| 6 | ‘ They did n't even speak to me , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Had they all in fact something to escape from , perhaps something they did n't even acknowledge to themselves ? |
| 8 | They did n't even need to be shown how high you could climb , how bravely you could wrestle . |
| 9 | They did n't usually speak to her , only about her . |
| 10 | But they did n't say they did n't ever want to ever drive a car again . |
| 11 | Even when the new models were being produced they did n't always get to the dealers : a dispute at Toleman , which distributes Fords , caused vast stockpiles . |
| 12 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 13 | They do n't even go to the train place — they go the other way , and up the driveway and out of the station . |
| 14 | and they do n't normally give to anywhere , because nobody ever asks . |
| 15 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |
| 16 | The er commission , the committees were able to take in special geographic considerations er but er they do n't actually apply to Cornwall . |
| 17 | I mean increasingly we see that we 're , we get more constables here more constables there , but they do n't ever appear to be actually out on the streets , and until we can get more men on the streets with the deterrent effect that their appearance has , let alone anything else , we are not gon na get much further . |
| 18 | No , they do n't often refer to one another do they ? |
| 19 | They 're professional people I mean they do n't really explain to you what they 're doing . |
| 20 | The electrons balance the forces of course , but they do n't really contribute to the mass . |
| 21 | THEY DO N'T REALLY TALK TO YOU AS A PERSON |
| 22 | When you know that they are sort of negative and they do n't really talk to you as a person , you know that they 're not really bothered about what happens to you . |
| 23 | I 'm sure that 's why so many people compromise and end up in relationships which they do n't really want to be in . |
| 24 | They do n't readily take to water — but will swim if the necessity arises . |
| 25 | ‘ They do n't necessarily apply to you except very loosely . |
| 26 | They do not even have to be rocks deposited under fresh water conditions , because wood and seeds are perfectly capable of drifting long distances before becoming waterlogged enough to sink to the bottom of the sea . |
| 27 | They do not even have to be alike at all beyond some minimum range of conditions which puts them into the same political category . |
| 28 | The terms ‘ old age ’ and ‘ retirement ’ are often used interchangeably , but they do not necessarily refer to the same things . |
| 29 | Such abstract typologies help us to understand the behaviour of councillors as a group but they do not necessarily apply to individual councillors who may exhibit characteristics drawn from several of the main types . |
| 30 | It may be appropriate for these matters to be dealt with in a covering letter as they do not necessarily have to be disclosed to our opponents . |