Example sentences of "[n mass] [adv] [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt a wee bit sorry for the driver — reindeer probably do n't drive like that — but this was London and if you ca n't stand the heat , leave the wheels at home . |
| 2 | Some folk just do n't know what to be at . |
| 3 | Some folk just do n't get a choice . |
| 4 | • When you bring fish home do n't just add them straight to the tank . |
| 5 | But those statistics alone do n't tell the full story , for throughout the match he totally out played his opposite number Stuart Barnes and literally never put a foot wrong . |
| 6 | This is a side of Russell which people perhaps do n't know about , erm so well as the others , so if I may , I 'll read some passages and paraphrase it . |
| 7 | Er c c the density of , of the Street itself er cos you was nine terraces with twenty four houses in , in two hundred yards you 've got a lot of people together have n't you ? |
| 8 | Yes indeed , he said , the problem is that people just do n't realise the incredible temperature of the sun , and how hot a body can get inside one of these things . |
| 9 | But often , so drab is he that even when he barges into the pub waving a bottle of paraquat and shouting I dun n it , people just do n't want to know . |
| 10 | The point of that scene , and of this whole great play , is to examine the strange moment when great people just do n't have it any more . |
| 11 | ‘ People just do n't crave vegetables or a slice of wholegrain bread , ’ says nutrition expert Audrey Cross . |
| 12 | ‘ People just do n't want to be part of a world that does n't have comparison , or spontaneity , where playfulness is just limited to football and sex ! |
| 13 | I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Young people just do n't like it any more . ’ |
| 15 | People just do n't think . |
| 16 | If you begin by believing that everyone 's looks are individual and accepting that there are some colours or product formulations that people just do n't like , then you have to start from a completely different selling point than the traditional cosmetic houses . |
| 17 | It could be that the recession is biting , and that people just do n't have the kind of money to spend on records that they used to . |
| 18 | I think you find most actors and actresses agree that the hardest thing sometimes is just to be yourself , because most people just do n't know who they really are . |
| 19 | You see what happens here , people just do n't seem to care . |
| 20 | If you do n't have a pleasant manner and if it looks as if you have no spare cash , people just do n't want to deal with you ; it 's not a viable proposition . |
| 21 | that erm , people do n't necessarily go on this , but er , it 's probably more or less typical of rural areas , where , where people just do n't feel that there 's any hope here . |
| 22 | In general , though , the best reason for avoiding serious abusive stuff is that most people just do n't like seeing it . |
| 23 | I do n't think Jennifer even hears from them any more … it 's sad really how people just do n't want to know … ’ |
| 24 | These people just do n't care who or how many they kill , ’ Mr Templeton said . |
| 25 | Some people just do n't want to sell and we can only pay the going rate . |
| 26 | If you 're a bully , people just do n't want to know you . ’ |
| 27 | I mean some people just do n't expect you to let them out so they 're dreaming mostly . |
| 28 | erm there it is very difficult , all the cases we work with are fairly miscellaneous , so therefore have very individual problems , you know , that are different every time , so the anger is going to be different , but we come down to a lot of fundamental erm similarities erm often to do with bureaucracy and structures erm which people just do n't fit into , you ca n't force people to fit into boxes . |
| 29 | The funny thing is that people just have n't noticed yet . |
| 30 | ‘ You see , people just did n't trust me . ’ |