Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I would be interested just to know how many performances do n't actually break even . |
| 2 | ‘ Cold-blooded words do n't necessarily betoken a callous nature , as you should be well aware by this stage in your training . |
| 3 | Words do n't always hit the mark , do they ? |
| 4 | Soaps do n't usually focus on characters like this , people who grew up with the idealistic values of the 1960s and early 1970s , who have put off having children until their thirties , who worry about the environment but also worry about how they 're not managing to do enough about it . |
| 5 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |
| 6 | Parents are expected to have total confidence in the school yet schools do n't often reciprocate trust and confidence in the judgement and goodwill of parents . |
| 7 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 8 | Non-city dwellers may still be able to burn coal or logs in their fireplaces , but today 's busy lifestyles do n't usually allow time for tending them . |
| 9 | Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to . |
| 10 | Newspapers , journalists do n't just work office hours , I know they 'd like to but they , they I do n't let them but also a tremendous problem that they that that that you are always tied up in meetings and things during the day , you know , so make sure , try and develop personal contacts so you 've got a decent personal contact when you do n't mind giving your home number to someone . |
| 11 | Designer labels do n't only apply to clothes . |
| 12 | No , even though their parties do n't officially start until 7.30pm , and actually until well after 9.00pm , all Hoorays turn up at parties in their work clothes , ie pinstripes . |
| 13 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
| 14 | Acrobat Distiller translates Unix and MS-DOS Postscript language files into PDF formats , where print drivers do n't normally exist . |
| 15 | It should be remembered that disabled drivers do n't always have only walking disability , but probably other illnesses as well which is not helped by officious traffic wardens . |
| 16 | Although the second- and third-years do n't officially come back until next week , Puddephat 's tutees have been called back early so they can be allocated to new people quickly . |
| 17 | ‘ And this , ’ Donal added in obvious amusement when Feargal 's eyes did n't once waver from his companion , ‘ is Ellie ! ’ |
| 18 | But what her eyes do n't actually see she finds it difficult to imagine . |
| 19 | The trouble is , those images do n't just appeal to girls , they give them complexes about themselves ; worrying about what they should look like , act like , talk like , walk like . |
| 20 | The Scots do n't just sell electricity . |
| 21 | Stories about the illegal capture and sale of wild animals do n't usually have happy endings , and so no wonder there was much celebration when 10 wild-caught orang-utans smuggled into Taiwan and destined for the pet trade were confiscated by Taiwanese officials and sent back to their Indonesian homeland for rehabilitation . |
| 22 | It appears that listeners do n't just ignore allophonic variations that ‘ do n't matter ’ , they can actually use the context-dependent information to identify phonemes . |
| 23 | ‘ And threats from kids do n't exactly make me inclined to cooperate . |
| 24 | Mind you , kids do n't anyway do they ? |
| 25 | Old man does well and the kids do n't quite make it . |
| 26 | Residents from the homes do n't always find themselves welcome in other pubs , but here they 're treated as just another customer . |
| 27 | Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day ! |
| 28 | Yet again , if slightly more hardcore fans have n't already got ‘ Injected With A Poison ’ ( mix credited to Digital Orgasm , daft since they made the record in the first place ) or Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era , then they must have been in a coma for months . |
| 29 | I clearly remember it being detestable — one 's hormones have n't yet learned their place and one is full of uncertainties . ’ |
| 30 | Master-lacquers do n't normally have extra drive-holes , and this point was missed by the first forgers . |