Example sentences of "they [verb] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , there have been just as many happy moments making Aspel and Company as crises — the trouble is that they tend not to make such good stories ! |
| 2 | They hope not to have that problem this year when the World Championships are in Santiago in Chile . |
| 3 | They they change everything over do n't they , they they do n't do this and they do n't do that . |
| 4 | But in captivity there 's nowhere for them to run , so it 's up to us to see they do n't hurt each other badly . ’ |
| 5 | Oh well they said that 's because they 'd not got that section finished |
| 6 | Someone from British Coal rang a bemused Rob Gretton to find out what ‘ the political content of the record was ’ as , what with the goings-on with the imminent pit closures they claim not to want any more adverse publicity ! |
| 7 | Wherever possible they try not to have that but you may have to stay away . |
| 8 | They did not give any sign of interest in us . |
| 9 | They did not achieve this , but their future was closely to parallel that of the cotton hand-loom weavers in moving through boom to desperation . |
| 10 | Although they did not offer any pathological data , they suggest that dilatation and curettage may be inappropriate in many cases and that guidelines should be developed to agree on the most appropriate patients for the procedure . |
| 11 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 12 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 13 | Sociologists who lend their names or their work to a particular social policy are engaging in a political act ; they can not escape by saying that the use of their work to justify a particular social policy ( even if they did not advocate that policy ) is not their concern . |
| 14 | The problem last season was that they did not score enough goals . |
| 15 | They did not stress any particular one . |
| 16 | However , most of the interviewees stated that they did not perceive this process taking place . |
| 17 | Defence lawyer Mr Gerry Trainor pleaded that others living there were not objecting and they did not intend any trouble . |
| 18 | They did not talk any more on the way to the hospital . |
| 19 | But they did not do much more than that . |
| 20 | Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things . |
| 21 | The organizers hired the local library for the occasion and decided , on account of tension at previous gatherings , that they did not want any police officers present . |
| 22 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 23 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 24 | Analyses of Chinese statues and coins show that they did not make much use of brass until about the sixteenth century AD . |
| 25 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 26 | They did not make any hurry about it and Balor writhed and flailed helplessly and blood began to run out on to the ground beneath him . |
| 27 | I have talked to lady presidents of prior years who have said that they did not experience any difficulties . |
| 28 | They did not experience any of the hallucinations experienced by J.A.G . |
| 29 | Andrew Collins QC , for the prosecution , said the papers , which include correspondence between a minister and senior civil servants , were immune from disclosure on the grounds of public interest , and that they did not contain any material relevant to the case anyway . |
| 30 | They did not possess such things here , that was for sure . |