Example sentences of "[v-ing] they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
| 2 | they 're paying they do n't want |
| 3 | And going back to the taking of the bread to the erm er bakehouse erm if there was a fire going they did n't do that , because they were baked in the oven , but in the summertime we did it more often than in the winter , because if there was no fire you see , there was no gas cooker or anything like that , all the cooking was done on the coal fire and the oven at the side of it . |
| 4 | Littlewoods say they are not worried by the prospect of disappointed customers complaining they do n't look like catwalk queens in their £9.99 clothes . |
| 5 | Early on , she had learned one thing : if the poor saw you prospering they did n't deal with you if they could help it , their idea being they were n't going to give you a hand . |
| 6 | Having been freed from NHS control and from any control by local people , trust managers were now saying they did n't want to answer to the Health Secretary either . |
| 7 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 8 | It was all very well Mahmoud saying they did n't need the body . |
| 9 | The Ministry of Defence has replied to Lord ferrers saying they did n't like it and they want to keep the land clear to make it easier to sell . |
| 10 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 11 | Which is not the same thing as saying they do n't exist : the question remains open . |
| 12 | He 's some foreigner thing , but they were saying they do n't allow them to talk to the customers that 's it , you do n't talk false stop , no hows , whys or whatever , you do n't talk |
| 13 | And pro tabacco company groups question Research fund 's figures claiming they do n't take account of other factors contributing to deaths . |
| 14 | It did n't matter what you were buildin' they did n't want it . ’ |
| 15 | They were n't putting , that they were n't playing they did n't have |
| 16 | But , of course , erm for licensing they do n't take that particularly into consideration up there . |
| 17 | Also , they insisted that ‘ Sandinista ’ and ‘ London Calling ’ were issued at budget price , meaning they did n't make any money out of them . |
| 18 | And , we also face with a a certain stance there where if people blame , er , turn round to us and say there 's a draft here because er , the air conditioning 's working they do n't wan na sit in a draft . |
| 19 | ensuring they do n't waste more than they paid |
| 20 | I mean these people , there 's things like throwing broken milk bottles , throwing milk bottles into peoples yards , removing bicycles , picking up my bicycle , as it happens , and throwing it down several times , erm going down the streets playing a sound system full volume at two o'clock in the morning , which generally left people feeling they did n't know what was happening . |