Example sentences of "[to-vb] they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that you can place objects of the correct size in position also means that the program will help to avoid the heavy work of moving furniture or fixtures and fittings only to find they do n't fit . |
| 2 | Some suffer side-effects from drugs only to find they do n't work anyway . |
| 3 | Do you have any guidelines , as I do n't want to do lots of work , only to find they do n't like them ? |
| 4 | If I do n't think someone is fit to play they do n't play . ’ |
| 5 | But relief workers who rescued them say the next challenge is to ensure they do n't suffer psychologically from what they have witnessed . |
| 6 | Graphics applications run very slowly because they have to go through a filter to ensure they do n't crash the machine . |
| 7 | ‘ In such a fragmented market , there are hundreds of firms satisfying clients without having specialist units and there is tremendous loyalty , so as a means to getting them to change they do n't work , ’ said . |
| 8 | You 've got to live in the moment and the way to do that is to think they do n't know and really enjoy it . |
| 9 | I was trying to clarify they do n't make a contribution to the I five provision . |
| 10 | A slide of children with gas masks provoked Wayne ( RH ) to comment on Mickey Mouse designs placed on gas masks to encourage children to wear them , and Stephen ( S ) to say they did n't bother to wear them very often . |
| 11 | Needless to say they did n't believe my story . |
| 12 | That 's not to say they do n't want things they 're not currently getting . |
| 13 | Just because they 're outside callers , it does n't mean to say they do n't know what hours . |
| 14 | Design is about the way a product not only looks , but also functions , and for anybody in manufacturing industry or retailing to say they do n't take an interest in it would be perfectly ludicrous , because at the end of the day it is design that causes a product either to be successful or unsuccessful . |
| 15 | It does n't mean to say they do n't like participating , but they 'd like to you know see what the group view is before they put in their own views so they 're analyzing , thinking . |
| 16 | It has been expanding ever since those 70s feminists took to wearing boiler suits to prove they did n't care about being attractive to men . |