Example sentences of "they [verb] n't [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | They reveal that they had n't planned another child . |
| 3 | So could Mary ; they had n't noticed either of us . |
| 4 | But they had n't done any harm . |
| 5 | Because they had n't done any management , Debbie felt Landlords were entitled only to the 10 per cent tenant-finding fee and therefore owed her £2,400 ( 3 months ' rent plus the deposit ) . |
| 6 | and T D C when we come in , I mean they had n't checked any goujons , they had n't checked any of the fillets . |
| 7 | and T D C when we come in , I mean they had n't checked any goujons , they had n't checked any of the fillets . |
| 8 | He said there were 4 potential wage earners in the household but they had n't made any payment for 17 months . |
| 9 | Nevertheless they had n't waited all these years for one quick roll in the hay . |
| 10 | and they had n't given that goal away , they 'd of scored another in that half |
| 11 | Glasses in hand , the chattering groups mixed and mingled , broke and re-formed , greeted each other with glad cries as if they had n't seen each other for years , not just that afternoon . |
| 12 | But as they had n't seen each other since the day they both left the house , I did n't think my debut in The Jungle Book was the best time for a reunion . |
| 13 | It was old news , but they had n't seen each other to talk of it . |
| 14 | They had n't seen each other for a long time . |
| 15 | They had n't seen each other for so long . |
| 16 | They had n't seen such bad conditions for 50 years . |
| 17 | Cos they had n't seen any danger to it I suppose . |
| 18 | Deep down , they had n't liked each other . |
| 19 | There were sometimes they , they came , if they 'd been in action and er , the people had actually found blood and parts of the uniforms in the air gunner 's compartment at the back , and the , the fella , the navigator u and bomb aimer used to be in the nose , they had n't got much of a chance if they came down in there because they were right cut off from the rest of the aircraft so , but it was virtually a suicide position in the nose of the Bostons . |
| 20 | Yes but you , you have to buy the whole album and they had n't got that in , they 'd just sold out . |
| 21 | But they have n't done that , you know , the next time we went they had n't got that sort of seating arrangement . |
| 22 | She could 've used Switch card but they had n't got one of them neither . |
| 23 | It was I think because the powder was er pushed by the , the er company in Third World hospitals , and when the mothers went out they had n't got safe water to mix it with . |
| 24 | Maybe they had n't got any clothes , and they could n't afford one of the nice rooms , and they did n't belong anywhere , but they had each other and they had Baby to visit each day . |
| 25 | Well they had n't got any Walnut Whips in Sainsbury 's so I bought some eggs , so . |
| 26 | Because you want the right size join what you put in they had n't got any , no more of these |
| 27 | to put these things in ice and they had n't got any of the , of the |
| 28 | But then too late they realized there was only the one power point in the garage and they had n't got enough adaptors to take all the amplifiers and instruments . |
| 29 | There are a number of inconsistencies in that scheme , not least British Gas ' delightful decision to interpret the er scheme in a way which they had n't interpreted six months ago . |
| 30 | Except that Ministers do n't normally look as if they had n't slept all night . |