Example sentences of "they [verb] n't [adv] do " in BNC.
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1 | Or perhaps they did n't actually do any work at all . |
2 | And erm , I tried them on , well I , I bought , I mean I bought them and brought them home and a sort of cropped , cropped leggings they did n't really do anything for me . |
3 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |
4 | But now they do n't even do that . |
5 | In fact the latest development is that they do n't even do that by picking up a telephone , the message is teleprinted on , onto a message pad there , and when they run in they pull off this pad , and there 's the whole text for what they 've got to do , where they 've got to go , and so on . |
6 | I am not I bet they do n't neither do I . |
7 | Bedroom has got a , it 's in an alcove so you 'll have that piece where it 's bottom of the stairs or wherever , I mean , the , stand on slip mats you 're gon na get that because of the , the airing cupboard is part of the hall , part of the bedroom and nothing you can do about that one , and on the wall it 's just gon na be one length of each room , cut off , perfect , , actually they do n't normally do that , they usually just the measurement , cos I not , never understood why they do n't have measurements there all standard , you guarantee use the one strip of another roll |
8 | and they do n't actually do collections , they do n't actually do , do any production . |
9 | and they do n't actually do collections , they do n't actually do , do any production . |
10 | Because you might start from nought or something I mean they do n't often do this but you might start from nought , and then they ask you What is it at minus ten ? |
11 | they do n't often do that |
12 | Well they do n't now do they ? |
13 | The hot weather it does n't , they do n't really do mashed potatoes and |
14 | So they do n't really do it any more ? |
15 | Well I used to believe that but me mum said they do n't really do that , and that was one of my great illusions completely shattered |
16 | They do n't always do much for me , Angus , but maybe you 're doing something wrong . |
17 | cos I mean they do n't usually do they , but he did he came up there to see me |