Example sentences of "[noun] [n mass] [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the canteen staff do n't know who they are . |
| 2 | Since the Koons works did n't conform to the definition of parody that the work parodied has to be either known to the viewer or acknowledged by the parodist the court concluded that Koons simply made the sculptures to make money : ‘ … |
| 3 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 4 | No wonder people do n't buy it and now , you know I mean the fish sales have gone down . |
| 5 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 6 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 7 | The Icicle Works do n't appear to be particularly active at the present moment and Ian McNabb was recently to be spotted playing a solo gig at Camden 's Underground Club . |
| 8 | There 's a danger when you 're inexperienced of wanting to make a visible mark just in case people do n't notice you . |
| 9 | Of course people do n't talk like this , but by concentrating on whole sentences the amplified vibration reinforces and strengthens the rhythm and sensation of speech . |
| 10 | Cos that 's one reason a lot of Harlow people do n't know what 's on do n't erm you know they they do n't really have contact with erm they do n't always use Harvey . |
| 11 | There are dangers people do n't see ahead . |
| 12 | She 's put allocations on that list cos the other , the other field sales people do n't see why they ca n't get involved with the tour operator who wants an allocation |
| 13 | Lotsa people do n't know they eatin' Joy 's fwuits . |
| 14 | But surely the library staff did n't go through each and every national paper every day ? |
| 15 | The schools are changed in ways people do n't want . |
| 16 | No and there 's still some theatre peo no we ca n't and there 's still some theatre people do n't want us |
| 17 | You might try to sell dreams but in the end people do n't buy them . |
| 18 | When it comes to promotion , the Disney people do n't miss a trick . |
| 19 | Then suddenly we had to leave for London , so I suppose the call-up people did n't know where I was . |
| 20 | Proper country people do n't do this . |
| 21 | Er Ministers are often in a very grave difficulty these days , if they do n't listen er er they 're accused o o of being autocratic , i i if they do listen , er then they 're accused of making u-turns , well even the gathering swine did n't have to make a u-turn , a change of direction would have been quite sufficient and I welcome the change of direction which the Home Secretary ha has made erm the objectives of this Bill are I think to be commended , but it is be perfectly clear from the outset that you ca n't combat crime by antagonising everyone concerned with the enforcement of law and order , the police authorities , the police and the magistrates . |
| 22 | The car hire people do n't know where Lonesome Snapper is either , but they look it up . |
| 23 | Most of the time people do n't want to be |
| 24 | ‘ Where I spend my time people do n't bother . ’ |
| 25 | But the post office people did n't like it again . |
| 26 | The best finance people do n't value the business just in terms of money |
| 27 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |