Example sentences of "[pers pn] do n't [verb] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't cower now , I use to cower . |
| 2 | This is ridiculous I 'm not going to have time for lunch if I do n't go now … |
| 3 | should always worry you , I do n't mean now , but in the past |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't mean now , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ I mean tomorrow maybe . |
| 5 | ‘ She certainly seems to be enjoying life now , ’ said Greg — and then , realizing this was open to misunderstanding , he added : ‘ I do n't mean now that Hilda is dead , of course — I just mean she 's revelling in this revival of interest in Walter Machin . ’ |
| 6 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
| 7 | The responses were later grouped into three categories : ( a ) never smoker — ‘ I have never smoked a cigarette , not even a puff ’ ; ( b ) tried but stopped — ‘ I have only ever tried smoking once or twice but I do n't smoke now , ’ or ‘ I used to smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke now ’ ; ( c ) current smoker — ‘ I smoke sometimes but I do n't smoke as much as one cigarette a week ’ or ‘ I usually smoke between one and six cigarettes a week , ’ or ‘ I usually smoke more than six cigarettes a week . ’ |
| 8 | I used to smoke at school , but I do n't smoke now , I 've not smoked since I left school ! |
| 9 | Can do , it does you know , so I do n't smoke now cos of my breath you see , if I had a fag she 'd go straight away |
| 10 | And I do n't care now that everyone else knows . |
| 11 | yeah , they 're not worth buying second hand I do n't think now because there 's so much wear on them is n't there ? |
| 12 | And he said , I do n't retired now , but he said , for years he worked for Rolls Royce . |
| 13 | Well I do n't work now cos I 'm |
| 14 | It is the things I liked about it at first , that made it immediate , that I do n't like now . |
| 15 | Everyone says that to me , Ruth thought ; everyone wants me to bring them Undry … and I 've promised it to Fand , but I do n't know now whether she 's alive or dead . |
| 16 | I do n't know now . |
| 17 | Oh I do n't know now . |
| 18 | I do n't mind now . |
| 19 | I do n't mind now and again . |
| 20 | I did n't care now if 1 did n't get another bite . |
| 21 | I did n't think before I went into the recruiting office and became a marine , and I did n't think now . |
| 22 | He would be bald before he was fifty but I did n't think now was the time to tell him . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't mean now . ’ |
| 24 | You had different , different companies do the , do the job so you used to get say I mean th you get a receiver for that cargo , well it , perhaps he got so much for receiving that cargo , then that was his job then to allocate it to different people but he , cos that was another job for him which you do n't do now . |
| 25 | So you do n't actually mention that if you do n't leave now you 'll miss the first act of the play , and he 'll be furious . |
| 26 | If you do n't know now you could find out . ’ |
| 27 | Bit late in the day if you do n't know now . |
| 28 | Yeah , which you do n't see now |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't box now then ? ’ |
| 30 | This situation is putting you under a lot of strain , and things will only get worse if you do n't act now . |