Example sentences of "[pers pn] simply do [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I simply did not think of it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Now I simply do n't think of you at all . ’ |
| 3 | I simply do n't agree with the contention that no case has been made . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , I simply do n't connect with that , ’ she answers sincerely , ‘ We should respect each other , just because . |
| 5 | Occasionally we hear of staff abuse and there is outrage , but more often than not we simply do not think of what it means to be old or shut away . |
| 6 | At this distance in time we simply do not know in detail how the clerks did their jobs , for there were no manuals of office procedure , and the functional tasks gradually evolved so that they bore little resemblance to their forebears . |
| 7 | We simply do n't listen to ourselves ! |
| 8 | His public relations executive is probably working hard enough on his account , but they simply did not keep in touch on a regular basis . |
| 9 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 10 | Many new towns on the fringe of the affluent south-east are so heavily populated by young married couples that they simply do not cater for retired people in any of their social activities ; similarly , you may be pushed to find an under-30s ' club in a retirement village on the south coast . |
| 11 | They simply do not put into effect the rules that the Community agrees . |
| 12 | He simply does n't believe in it . |
| 13 | He simply does not need to be loved , apparently , whether by his relatives or anyone else ; he does not even , at all reliably , want it . |
| 14 | But he simply does not come to grips with the genuine political and cultural difficulty of establishing effective institutions for research in applied sciences , such as agriculture and medicine , which can not be seeded entirely by individual commitment and talent . |
| 15 | He simply did n't care for anyone at all . |
| 16 | He simply did not want to be solemn . |
| 17 | One problem with the orthodox account is that it simply does not square with the facts about when and where riots happen — and in particular , whereabouts in the prison system they occur . |
| 18 | But the most striking thing about Bagehot 's essay on Peel , in the light of the last full week of this election campaign , is that it simply does not apply to Major at all . |
| 19 | It simply does n't occur to me . |
| 20 | It simply does n't occur to me ’ |
| 21 | But what they were getting at was n't so much that the coverage was favouring one party over another but that it simply did n't relate to them , the actual voters in the constituency . |