Example sentences of "[noun sg] [n mass] [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the canteen staff do n't know who they are . |
| 2 | No wonder people do n't buy it and now , you know I mean the fish sales have gone down . |
| 3 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 4 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 5 | The Icicle Works do n't appear to be particularly active at the present moment and Ian McNabb was recently to be spotted playing a solo gig at Camden 's Underground Club . |
| 6 | There 's a danger when you 're inexperienced of wanting to make a visible mark just in case people do n't notice you . |
| 7 | Of course people do n't talk like this , but by concentrating on whole sentences the amplified vibration reinforces and strengthens the rhythm and sensation of speech . |
| 8 | Lotsa people do n't know they eatin' Joy 's fwuits . |
| 9 | But surely the library staff did n't go through each and every national paper every day ? |
| 10 | No and there 's still some theatre peo no we ca n't and there 's still some theatre people do n't want us |
| 11 | You might try to sell dreams but in the end people do n't buy them . |
| 12 | Then suddenly we had to leave for London , so I suppose the call-up people did n't know where I was . |
| 13 | Proper country people do n't do this . |
| 14 | Er Ministers are often in a very grave difficulty these days , if they do n't listen er er they 're accused o o of being autocratic , i i if they do listen , er then they 're accused of making u-turns , well even the gathering swine did n't have to make a u-turn , a change of direction would have been quite sufficient and I welcome the change of direction which the Home Secretary ha has made erm the objectives of this Bill are I think to be commended , but it is be perfectly clear from the outset that you ca n't combat crime by antagonising everyone concerned with the enforcement of law and order , the police authorities , the police and the magistrates . |
| 15 | The car hire people do n't know where Lonesome Snapper is either , but they look it up . |
| 16 | Most of the time people do n't want to be |
| 17 | ‘ Where I spend my time people do n't bother . ’ |
| 18 | But the post office people did n't like it again . |
| 19 | The best finance people do n't value the business just in terms of money |
| 20 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |