Example sentences of "[adj] they [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | But electors ca n't be ordered around in the way Labour Party members can , and they have made pretty clear they did n't like the result ( neither do Labour Party members , which is why they have left in droves ) . |
| 2 | ‘ George did n't want to put the business at the cottage to them , you can see why , and it 's pretty clear they do n't want to believe in a conspiracy anyway , even when they knew about the Reznichenko Memorandum . ’ |
| 3 | Just like to get me tannoyed this morning , thinking something 's wrong , something 's wrong they have n't phoned and they do n't want to tell me . |
| 4 | ‘ Be careful they do n't send you to the Eastern Front , ’ I said . |
| 5 | She warned her successors ‘ to be jolly careful they do n't give government too many extra powers and undo what I 've done ’ . |
| 6 | But apart from this er for Leicester this Alan now they 're starting to s squeeze a little bit and they 've got to be a little bit careful they do n't leave Collimore too much space to run into . |
| 7 | they take more petrol , but servicing-wise they do n't require as much |
| 8 | " No … no , old chap , " he said sadly " I 'm afraid they did n't " |
| 9 | I 'm afraid they did n't do their homework . ’ |
| 10 | They do n't , once they 're empty they do n't take long till they sell it over there and there |
| 11 | If two people have got blue eyes the mother and father the children always have blue eyes I think If the mother 's got brown and the father 's got brown they do n't have a blue eyed child . |
| 12 | Yeah but ah then again why I mean like a lot of people have do n't have actual they have n't got money but they they sort of choose to have money tied up in property , though it do n't mean to say you 're wealthy just because you 've got a big house does it ? |
| 13 | Erm , but the , they were totally honest they did n't feel |
| 14 | It was amazing they had n't been invaded by detectives and policemen already . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm glad they do n't do that no more , ’ Dot said . |
| 16 | The pupils though are glad they do n't have to take the tests . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm glad they have n't started planting conifers up here , ’ she remarked at last , resignedly and in a monotonous tone . |
| 18 | And I 'm glad they did n't , if what happened to Maurice is any guide . |
| 19 | You always say you 're glad they did n't catch you . ’ |
| 20 | It 's lucky they did n't choose to call themselves Captain America or something silly like that , because it might have proved embarrassing . |
| 21 | With his respiratory problem , he was lucky they did n't move him much . |
| 22 | Lucky they did n't specify they required a Ph.D . |
| 23 | Her feet and hands were so cold they did n't seem to belong to her , but that was nothing to the coldness inside . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've had lovers who think just because I look fresh and pretty they do n't have to wear one . ’ |
| 25 | He had explained that the amount of paperwork involved made it impracticable , but he was sure they had n't believed him . |
| 26 | Then it 's necessary to re-view the lots to make sure they have n't been further damaged during the view . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I am not sure they have n't , ’ he said carefully . |
| 28 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 29 | So try to regulate how many drinks of cola and pop your children drink in a day , and encourage them to have milk and pure fruit juices instead — although you should check the list of ingredients on fruit juice cartons , too , to make sure they have n't had sugar added . |
| 30 | Just to make sure they have n't gone off . |