Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade unions began , if slowly and unadventurously , to assert that they did n't give a hoot : their members were not going to run risks they did n't like . |
| 2 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 3 | The impression of IBM Corp , Digital Equipment Corp and their ilk lining up like lambs to the slaughter may seem hard to credit for customers that have been driven to accept very hard bargains , but that is what appears to be happening with this Gadarene rush by the major manufacturers to get into the facilities management business in the US : we understand that many of the savings and loans , banks and securities houses that have gratefully accepted offers by the majors to run their data processing operations for them has little to do with saving money over the term of the contract , much to do with their urgent need for cash upfront to repair their ravaged balance sheets — the key attraction of the deals being the money paid at the start of the contract for the data processing facilities ; if the customers are in that much need of cash , chances are that many of them wo n't be around in five or seven years ' time , so that having spent good money for computers they do n't need , the facilities managers will be left with idle installations and contracts with no residual value . |
| 4 | My honourable friend from the front benches made the point about the gaps in er these regulations , they do n't cover Lloyds , they do n't cover pension schemes , pension funds they do n't cover banks which are domiciled er in the er in in the United States but er we also have the point which I made in the interjection to the minister that unless there 's a duty to detect fraud er er as well as report it , it 's really doubtful if the auditors can perform er the function . |
| 5 | They reckon the average French woman do n't change their knickers , they only change it every two days or something and all sorts they do n't shave . |
| 6 | Now there is plums they do n't want them . |
| 7 | In other words they do n't want to . |
| 8 | 11 Do n't worry if you used some words they do n't know . |
| 9 | They think they have to win to gain self-esteem , in other words they do n't value themselves highly unless they are constantly winning or one up on other people . |
| 10 | It 's very important that young people should read books they do n't want to read ; it would be a great pity if they did n't read the literature of the past . " |
| 11 | If they need to advertise their schools they do n't have enough students so it might not be that good |
| 12 | Ah gave him a clip roon the ear and tellt him and Sebastian no tae laugh at poor unfortunate incomers they do n't know any better . |
| 13 | Unlike the conventional heated rollers they do n't have any uncomfortable spikes — instead they are covered with a special light rubber material which has the capacity to grip , making them easy to use and much kinder to your hair . |
| 14 | Against Elves you have to be careful of the fear rule , as Goblins fear units of Elves they do n't outnumber two to one . |
| 15 | Gentlemen like our good host still believe it 's their business to meddle in matters they do n't understand . |
| 16 | They exposed strengths and weaknesses they did n't know were theirs . |
| 17 | and do n't and particularly these days they do n't go , seem to have all that much interest in doing so do they ? |
| 18 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 19 | Er and of course you , you 'd get er , those days they did n't have cots the mother had the baby in bed with her . |
| 20 | Well , you were talking flying the horses around putting them in horses boxes well in those days they did n't have many vehicles did they ? |
| 21 | Avoid geraniums with double or semi-double flowers as , unlike the single varieties they do n't drop their petals as they fade , and the blooms are prone to rot in wet weather . |
| 22 | I mean , you had where you , it was a hotel , you had to watch where you can take the children into the not that that 's a place that we do n't want to take you , there 's places they do n't want children . |
| 23 | I mean got lovely places they do n't do they ? |
| 24 | She went from room to room , praising the decor , and if she noticed the paintings they did n't appear to do her any obvious mischief . |
| 25 | to my honourable friend because not only are these er large er particularly the big six er centres of accountancy power pretty well uncontrolled , they dominate the institutions that are meant to regulate them er but when it comes to international er affairs they do n't exchange information with each other . |
| 26 | Almost £500,000 is owed to customers who paid for goods they did n't get . |
| 27 | These are things they do n't do at school today do they ? |
| 28 | ‘ I know the kind of expression you have when you 're getting people to do things they do n't want to do . |
| 29 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Sometimes people do things they do n't mean . |