Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These fish do not generate electricity continuously , but switch on and off rapidly . |
| 2 | Fish do not find worms that look like that and hooks lose so much of their penetrating power . |
| 3 | Not too many people would argue that ‘ fish fingers ’ is misleading because fish do n't have fingers ! |
| 4 | ‘ Fish do n't have passports . |
| 5 | The statistics do not show drives getting much longer , says the club . |
| 6 | But these statistics do not take account of the fact that , in continuous speech , word boundaries are more difficult to identify from a given mid-class string compared with a phonemic string . |
| 7 | Erm course on the other hand the optimists could say well the reason why people do n't bother voting is cos they 're all pretty happy with local government . |
| 8 | But in the Epilogue , as opposed to the body of Crime and Punishment , people do n't torture animals or bear the mark of Peter the German . |
| 9 | People do n't bring deadlines closer . |
| 10 | Your question about why are n't women angry — maybe people do n't express anger until they can see that there is some point in being angry and that being angry actually helps you to change things . |
| 11 | After I got back to work I realised just how many people do n't give blood in the Institute ( which is what prompted me to write this article ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Most people do n't face emergencies as a matter of course , and no one expects them to be anything but human . ’ |
| 13 | press for action to make sure people do n't waste time or go round in circles |
| 14 | There is a fear here that some of your people do n't want peace , at any price . |
| 15 | ‘ People do n't want surprises , they like to know what 's coming , ’ says executive producer Peter Rogers . |
| 16 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |
| 17 | There 's a fourth possibility that we have n't looked at yet and this is a possibility of representative government where the people simply elect lawmakers , the people do n't make laws they elect the people to make laws . |
| 18 | ‘ But responsible people do n't make mistakes like that . |
| 19 | cos people do n't appreciate things do they ? |
| 20 | Yes , and a proportion of people do n't have education . |
| 21 | ‘ Poor people do n't have bank accounts and refrigerators and money for the launderette . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ People do n't have names like that , ’ the oldest boy said , to encourage her . |
| 23 | Why is it that there are rich and poor , that some people do n't have homes or enough to eat ? |
| 24 | People do n't reject Darwin 's book on the emotions just because it 's , it 's rather heavily tainted with Lamarckism . |
| 25 | I suppose it 's because people do n't put canvas with paint daubed on it very high up on their list of personal needs , especially when there are bills to pay and food to buy … |
| 26 | Like at the moment where people do n't understand television sets , or ca n't repair them . |
| 27 | ‘ Quite simply because people do n't see plastics as reusable , ’ states Ian Dent , manager , plastics and environment , in the Polymers division of BP Chemicals . |
| 28 | ‘ People do n't stick necklaces in their ears , ’ said Lydia thoughtfully . |
| 29 | ‘ People do n't use pubs like they used to do and that 's the demise of the country pub , not so much the other things that have been said . |
| 30 | It 's a tiny little things you know er in glass cases now there are a few at bus stops but a lot of people do n't use bus stops any more you know they drive erm I know that posters great hoardings that we some of us probably grew up with when everybody knew what was on and the great big posters everywhere . |