Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
| 2 | I think they 've filled it in yeah and they did it quite smooth , pity they did n't do this one as well while they were I did n't quite understand it |
| 3 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
| 4 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 5 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
| 6 | Hey how do you know they do n't do it every night ? |
| 7 | Er quite right , people do n't know , and if they do know they do n't care some of them . |
| 8 | Er you , you s a lot of them people did apply but er they just did n't you know they did n't get in . |
| 9 | I do n't want to stand in the doorway and shake hands but it 's a great feeling to go into one of the restaurants and realise they do n't belong to the GrandMet or Imperial , but they are mine ! ’ |
| 10 | How come they do n't go ? |
| 11 | " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely . |
| 12 | The fact that you can place objects of the correct size in position also means that the program will help to avoid the heavy work of moving furniture or fixtures and fittings only to find they do n't fit . |
| 13 | Some suffer side-effects from drugs only to find they do n't work anyway . |
| 14 | Do you have any guidelines , as I do n't want to do lots of work , only to find they do n't like them ? |
| 15 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 16 | But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility . |
| 17 | Despite being very nicely presented in a slip binder with well printed manuals , shame they did n't follow the ‘ industry standard ’ for size , the first thing the new user sees is a license agreement that effectively disclaims all responsibility for anything . |
| 18 | The sisters say they do n't blame their landlady for evicting them . |
| 19 | Most blokes say they do n't give a |
| 20 | The boys say they do n't bother the girls if the girls do n't bother them ! |
| 21 | ‘ The reps still say they do n't want a diesel car because it 's noisy , but that 's changing . |
| 22 | Some home managers or owners say they do n't want to bother residents with this sort of thing . |
| 23 | Local people say they do n't want it . |
| 24 | Those jobs can be protected , I know the hunting fraternity say they do n't want to drag hunt . |
| 25 | Here at the city 's Tourist Office , they say they do n't want to sell it . |
| 26 | Poly administrators say they do n't want any more disruption like that and they 've agreed to talks . |
| 27 | Residents say they do n't want to witness any more carnage on the road . |
| 28 | James and Laura Lonsdale , who are close friends of the Princess of Wales , say they do n't want other parents to suffer as they did . |
| 29 | Officials at Japan 's Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they 're tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US , and say they do n't intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks , which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday , the Wall Street Journal reports — ‘ Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure , which was taken as some form of commitment , we have no intention of referring to any new numbers ’ Koji Matsui , deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared . |
| 30 | And even people who say they do n't care how they look care how they look . |