Example sentences of "[pron] they [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , I they have n't been open all this week . |
| 2 | I 've got , I 've got stuff to sort out anyway I they do n't know I have n't . |
| 3 | ‘ They still knock the ball about very well but like ourselves they do n't score as many goals as they should and their defence is n't as good as it should be either . |
| 4 | Seventy-two per cent of the men in our sample say they fantasize about someone they have n't slept with , and 32% of them find their thoughts turning to sex when they 're at work . |
| 5 | Entrepreneurs feel they have earned their freedom , their power over their little kingdom , through their hard work and willingness to take risks — it 's galling to have that freedom curtailed by someone they do n't respect . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe she was carrying on with someone they do n't know about . |
| 7 | They were told never to open the door to someone they did n't know . |
| 8 | If they feel reasonably safe about appointing you , you 're more likely to get the job than somebody they do n't know . |
| 9 | Each succeeding generation has made a guy in the semblance of somebody they did n't care for . |
| 10 | The Campbells found Hector hardy , which they had expected , and intelligent , which they had n't ; while he found the same thing about them , in reverse ; and they were each surprised to find that-they liked the others well enough , in spite of their ridiculous clothes . |
| 11 | He waved a disdainful hand at her holstered gun , which they had n't even bothered to remove . |
| 12 | They 're providing sewage treatment plant , which they had n't prov provided previously to send cleaner water into the seas . |
| 13 | There are a number of inconsistencies in that scheme , not least British Gas ' delightful decision to interpret the er scheme in a way which they had n't interpreted six months ago . |
| 14 | Many people also like painting for its own sake and find talents at drawing or brushwork which they have n't used since childhood . |
| 15 | Wigan are still haunted by the memory of Ellery Hanley 's pelvic injury suffered while playing for Western Suburbs for which they have n't received any compensation . |
| 16 | And the more they become integrated , then they would expand out , join the Scouts , the Guides or go to the local youth club , so be part of the , the er , growing up process which they have n't been afforded . |
| 17 | Yeah , but then we 've got three hundred pound mortgage , which they have n't got , I mean we 've got different circumstances . |
| 18 | She has recently left home , and whenever they talk about her my parents ' voices are disapproving , as if she has gone off the rails in some way which they do n't specify . |
| 19 | ‘ Many people expect a standard from members of the Royal Family , which they do n't expect from their own families . |
| 20 | Skilled interrogator : able to extract from your counterparts all they know , especially that which they do n't want you to know . |
| 21 | Be a bit wary of companies making wonderful promises in their ads which they do n't look capable of fulfiling . |
| 22 | Instead , they think women want understanding , though they are uneasily aware that this , too , is a dimension on which they do n't score highly . |
| 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 | ‘ Often they 'll decide to photograph , say , a couple of people , but they 'll include acres of space around which they do n't want , ’ he says . |
| 25 | The teacher that reads your review that wants to know shall I buy that review , hi hire that video rather or , or what , am I going to use it for my class , they are going to er want that information and they do n't want er concepts introduced which they do n't understand what is meant by it , so be careful in that er erm , we have species of bird , the brambling , which I , I think is a pub in |
| 26 | I can just about get down here of a morning and then I 'm stuck until someone gives me a' and up , which they do n't want to be doing too often , do they dear ? " |
| 27 | Erm so if we had one penny shared out between two of us we get a half a penny each a half penny which they do n't have any more they used to but they have them any more . |
| 28 | Say the distance between two species is the number of characteristics which they do n't have in common . |
| 29 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 30 | Some groups of pieces may still form parts of the picture , but the more you shake the box , the more likely it is that these groups will get broken up and the pieces will be in a completely jumbled state in which they do n't form any sort of picture . |