Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult . |
2 | Well for instance a lot of people did n't even bother to erm make the kitchen floor into anything reasonable , but we did , we , we got some very good , very heavy |
3 | The money sloshing around allowed new wave companies to agglomerate , service the raiders and beneficiaries of Big Bang and create demands which people did n't even know they had . |
4 | People did n't even know most other people 's names let alone their dogs ' . |
5 | Because a lot of people did n't even know what they were entitled to . |
6 | If you kept that covered up , most people did n't even know it was there . ’ |
7 | Most people did n't even know the nature of scientific explanation and things like that . |
8 | he was going both of them going , how 's your missus , some people did n't even know that you were pregnant again |
9 | ‘ In my day , ’ she was saying , ‘ New Year 's Eve was a family evening , young people did n't just suit themselves . |
10 | The only trouble was that intelligent people did n't willingly take a car into the heart of a city as busy as Milan on a weekday . |
11 | And the er if you did n't have your rubber soles which er a lot of people did n't really like , I think most people thought they were a bit effeminate , most men did anyway , and they used to have these little metal tips put on , you see , or a metal sort of cross section across the heel , that was to save your your shoes again . |
12 | So , when they 'd finished performing I 've Got My Mojo Working , I pointed out to David that these people did n't really appreciate their music and David , being the sensitive soul that he is , burst into tears . |
13 | People did n't often notice her when Nick was around . |
14 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
15 | Meredith was disconcerted by his unsmiling reaction because people did n't usually stay immune to her friendly warmth . |
16 | Like protecting people do n't just save bottles they save their glass jars |
17 | People do n't just vanish , you know . |
18 | Yes yeah it 's basically a question there to ensure that people do n't just put down that they 're whatever they 're doing just purely |
19 | But some people do n't just try to change their other half 's appearance : they want to alter their characters , too . |
20 | People do n't just die . |
21 | People do n't just hear conversations in hotel rooms . ’ |
22 | The most surprising thing is if somebody turns round and asks you , like they did last year , ‘ Why is the sky blue ? ’ and a thing a lot of people do n't even think of , you end up being able to explain — I think that 's the appeal of it . |
23 | Not only is it difficult to let go of tension , but most people do n't even realise when they are becoming tense . |
24 | ‘ But strangely a lot of people do n't even realise I 'm pregnant . |
25 | Litzi Miller champion trainer says that some people do n't even bet they'e just happy to see their dog win |
26 | We see that every May election time when people do n't even bother to turn out to vote and so on . |
27 | Many people do n't even see themselves as carers . |
28 | This seemed to me the greatest achievement of the afternoon ; some people do n't even learn to think for themselves at university . |
29 | there 's very few of you here belong to it , I ca n't see your badges on , we have n't got ours on at the moment and a lot of people do n't even believe in Greenpeace . |
30 | In other cases people do n't even have homes to lose . |