Example sentences of "[conj] they do n't [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 5 Quality measurement is essential : " Quality measurements for each area of activity must be established where they do n't exist and reviewed where they do " ( Crosby 1979 : 132 ) .
2 " Having to live where they do n't want to live , " John Russell said .
3 Erm w I mean where they do n't work when somebody offers code and they do n't work , there 's not a lot you can do other than sort of make some informed guesses as to what might be going wrong .
4 Er they do n't move us on or they do n't move me on in my thinking , and they do n't lay down the charge , cos they 're predictable and and they 're using .
5 Then when it " just happens " , spontaneously and romantically , they and their girlfriends hope they do n't get pregnant , or they do n't think about it at all .
6 Either no one lives here , or they do n't want visitors .
7 This ( comment ) just goes to show that either the Chinese leadership is totally insensitive to the feelings here or they do n't care what happens anymore . ’
8 The fact that they ca n't communicate , or they do n't speak , or whatever , is something to do with .
9 If there are a lot of people sitting in a room they 'll just sit there and they wo n't communicate , whereas two or three or four or five residents will communicate quite freely — they do n't feel inhibited or they do n't feel they 're interrupting somebody else 's television programme or radio or something like that . ’
10 However , they can also deliver large amounts of what psychologists refer to as ‘ aversive ’ ( psychologically painful ) stimuli if routines are changed or they do n't get their own way .
11 We get our , we 're very lucky because as I travel ov in the country , there 's lot 's of Co-ops as the Guilds do n't get the grant or they do n't get room rent .
12 If you study the long-term unemployed , sadly what happens is they lose their job or they do n't get employment , and eventually they keep working hard , right , but after the period of time they get dispirited when they find that people are not willing to take them on , and of course it 's a terrible thing for them to cope with .
13 Or they do n't work Sundays they 're to lose their job !
14 They hope that if they ignore the , the behaviour it will stop or they do n't believe their complaint will be taken seriously or that any action will be taken at all .
15 ‘ But getting back to your question , what I really wanted from this album was for anyone who hears it to say they like it or they do n't like it , but that it 's pure Steve Harley . ’
16 Neil , from Sutton , who had joined the school during the first week of the project ( after causing severe behavioural problems at his previous schools ) commented : ‘ You 've got ta have good questions or they do n't say enough . ’
17 They 're not old enough to go to the pubs , or they do n't seem old enough , so they just go down the park and get drunk .
18 erm But it basically comes down to the attitude that people have , if the government was , or whoever owns the forest , private ownership , or whatever , controls what the loggers do , I mean it 's their forest it 's up to them to control what the loggers do and do n't do , and whether they let cultivators in or they do n't let cultivators in .
19 Except they do n't realise they are hooked . ’
20 He takes their belongings , their horses , then tips their naked corpses into a marsh , except they do n't sink properly . ’
21 Right , in there between the two and the brackets although they do n't bother to put it in , there 's a multiply .
22 Oh I think so because it must be an awful shock for the girl to go round the screen and they 're faced with a coloured although they do n't bother so much these days do they ?
23 Yes you can play it back although they do n't suggest , they do n't proposed you do that , because the batteries might not last you see
24 They are friendly and helpful and will talk to you sympathetically ; although they do n't offer the same sort of counselling service as RELATE , they offer more information .
25 And , although they do n't realise it , nobody is listening except the barman whose only interest is in closing up .
26 Although they do n't have showy flowers many are prettily variegated .
27 I think Dickens heavily relies on coincidence though , and it is in fact an incredible coincidence that the main characters of the book mainly all turn out to be related to one another , although they do n't know it .
28 They come across as the same songs although they do n't sound as huge and magnificent and lush as they do on the record .
29 And although they do n't sound that dissimilar , they are in fact very different .
30 They move around the tank , scattering the smaller fish in all directions , although they do n't attack or harm them in any way .
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