Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 He pretended he did n't know me or did n't want to .
2 Most people just listen to weather forecasts and either believe them or do n't believe them and certainly get cross with people like yourselves if it
3 I but do n't forget she 's got your mother as well and I think you ca n't
4 Me that did n't know what to do I was n't gon na participate .
5 Yeah , I I just wondered because there are some of them that do n't have any relevance to national curriculum and I want
6 It 's a little like listening to those debates in parliament where parliament vote themselves extra salaries and I feel very uncomfortable in this process , I thought I might be coming here this morning to disagree with my own group , or those members of them that do n't agree with me , perhaps joined with the conservatives in opposing this motion , but I find in fact that everybody is saying oh let's put up the er , the heading , I feel very uncomfortable with this having spent six months in the budget review , criticising officers up hill and down dale every time that they exceeded their budget , having told them that either they balance their budget or that they came in next year with a budget with no more than a one and a half percent increase , or their successors would be doing it for us .
7 Maybe if I keep mum and keep my fingers crossed — what did my father always say when I could n't have something : ‘ Them that ask do n't get , them that do n't ask , do n't want . ’
8 ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’
9 Oh , please God , she prayed , shake Perdita out of this ghastly mood and make her happy again , and look after darling Violet and Eddie , and Gainsborough and Ethel , and please God , if you think it 's right , let me fall in love with a man who is n't married , who falls in love with me and do n't make it too long .
10 The sergeant came to a halt outside the adjutant 's hut , and an out-of-breath Charlie caught up with him just as the door was opened by a colour-sergeant who turned to Charlie and said , ‘ Stand to attention , lad , remain one pace behind me and do n't speak unless you 're spoken to .
11 I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign .
12 Now do n't mind me and do n't mind it .
13 I am willing to forgive people who have upset me and do not bear grudges against them .
14 Oh and something else I heard yeah and this does n't get anywhere cos Lucy erm told me and did n't tell anyone but erm she was talking to Tom about erm Laura and Dave and apparently s while George and erm Dave were going out they actually planned they were gon na get back together .
15 But they loved me and did not stop writing to me .
16 I was watching a card trick one of the soldiers was showing me and did not look up until the cart had almost passed the window .
17 Janice , who switched to nights this week to cover for a colleague , today told the Echo : ‘ He stood next to me and did not look at all shifty .
18 When I first moved to Wallingford I was told by a local resident ( in no uncertain terms ) what would happen to me if did n't continue with the tradition of putting a Christmas Tree on the silo top .
19 For that reason the leaves are large but tapered , so the frequent rain falls from them and does not engender fungal growths .
20 Obviously neglects them and does not care about them at all .
21 Technically , if you hand someone a joint you 're supplying , but it means a lot of work for them and does n't catch the people who are the big fish .
22 He was diagnosed anti-depressants by his doctor but failed to take them and did not return for a check up two weeks later .
23 He had the chance to sign for them and did n't go .
24 As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away .
25 As I got older and people used to bring me injured birds to look after , I was always very careful of them and did n't approach without the leather glove I wear when working with birds of prey .
26 He had n't seen them and did n't know who they were .
27 Madeleine said : they could n't be buried in the cemetery if people had forgotten all about them and did n't know where they were , could they ?
28 In abstract they may admire and be excited by them , but their day-to-day preference is for women who want to please them and do n't make too much of a fuss .
29 Do n't breathe over them and do n't make it so obvious .
30 If a visitor or medical practitioner has to talk to a resident through you , make sure you consult them and do n't answer for them .
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