Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [adv] do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the British people certainly do n't . |
| 2 | Different species often do not get a chance to interbreed because they live in different geographic areas , or in different localities within an area ( one species at the tops of trees , the other on the ground , for example ) , or they might be active at different times of day . |
| 3 | As for internal dissent , ‘ We keep files on criminals , but mass files on ordinary people simply do n't exist . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Third , when the provincial gentry still did not take up the cause of reform with alacrity the tsar bypassed them by appointing a majority of keen reformers to the Editing Commissions . |
| 6 | In Scotland and Northern Ireland , for instance , the shortage of qualified staff simply does not exist on the same grand scale as in some parts of England , and central London particularly . |
| 7 | The difference between the two groups is that slim individuals tend to get the overall balance between food intake and energy expenditure right , while overweight people generally do not . |
| 8 | High level staff often do n't take their holidays and this can be dangerous . |
| 9 | Well , Birmingham 's on the cards cos Steve , Stevey-boy works there does n't he ? |
| 10 | Despite all the contrary opinions expressed in the play , the underlying message was that it is the mother 's right to choose whether she wants to bring up a child who is mentally handicapped , and that other people simply do not understand how the mother feels . |
| 11 | I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire |
| 12 | ‘ Young people just do n't like it any more . ’ |
| 13 | Young people today do n't want to spend their time stooging around playing cribbage with the old folks in the village hall . |
| 14 | While there had been some improvements in terms of flags and emblems , young people still do not apply for work in unsafe areas because of the serious risks involved . |