Example sentences of "they [verb] n't [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They they change everything over do n't they , they they do n't do this and they do n't do that . |
| 2 | So they decided that once the christening party was in the hall which was gon na be three o'clock , they did n't stand much chance of erm |
| 3 | ‘ They did n't go much pace but as soon as Wally ( Swinburn ) asked him I thought he would win , ’ said trainer Michael Stoute . |
| 4 | Perhaps wisely they did n't react either , as farmers gathered noisily in the streets . |
| 5 | If they did n't bring any dinner of their own . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe they did n't think that was worth a car . ’ |
| 7 | The rest of the professional ladies were slumped around the telly in see-through armchairs , watching some kids ’ show called Cyclopaths , about a bunch of motorsickle chappies who went around slaughtering people they did n't think much of . |
| 8 | and they heard this crack , and they did n't think much about it , just as , Rita said what you doing ? |
| 9 | Well we were disappointed in the Good Report because er they did say it was one of the major issues , and yet they said that they did n't think any sweep in changes are needed which rather erm contradicted the earlier part of our report , we would have thought there were erm changes needed . |
| 10 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 11 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 12 | Crusaders made all the running , but it was surprising they did n't score more goals and improve their goal difference . |
| 13 | Well yes we had you could see on some of them , they did n't want much to turn them on , you know there was two or three there and they they took some others with them of course then did n't they , you know . |
| 14 | They did n't want that , so they filled his pockets with lead . " |
| 15 | And they insisted that they did n't want more drink simply because they 'd been drinking but because they just , well , wanted it . |
| 16 | They did n't want any cops pulling them over and asking them what they were doing with a man tied to a chair in the back of their truck . |
| 17 | They did n't want any more accidents . |
| 18 | Terry and Tom said that they did n't want any food and when they asked Brian , he refused to answer . |
| 19 | If the doctor 's right about the sandbag or lead piping in a sock , and from the look of things it seems right , they did n't want any blood . |
| 20 | Despite the elderly couple repeatedly telling salesmen Eric Stewart that they did n't want any windows he continued his talk and demonstration until 11pm . |
| 21 | And they did n't do that for you . ’ |
| 22 | And going back to the taking of the bread to the erm er bakehouse erm if there was a fire going they did n't do that , because they were baked in the oven , but in the summertime we did it more often than in the winter , because if there was no fire you see , there was no gas cooker or anything like that , all the cooking was done on the coal fire and the oven at the side of it . |
| 23 | Erm they could have , to my way of thinking , have engaged in piecework or a reasonable incentive scheme , set with times and everything else , but er they did n't do that . |
| 24 | Well sometimes they did n't do that f for reason , perhaps a driver missed his duty or there was a defect on the bus and you used to get a record each day of what we call lost mileage or an extra mileage perhaps on the odd occasion when an extra journey was run but erm the lost mileage was recorded and say you had this bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles , it did n't for some reason complete its erm hundred percent journey , you 'd take that off and then record against that bus that , that run say hundred and twenty miles . |
| 25 | Well you see in Sanday , they did n't do that . |
| 26 | We 're , oh no we did n't , they did n't do that for us either . |
| 27 | You did n't do very well over the weekend , did you , 'cos I was watching them and they did n't do that well . |
| 28 | They did n't do many subjects together and were only in the same group for French and history . |
| 29 | They did n't do much in the first game and we 're unbeaten away . ’ |
| 30 | They did n't do much to cut the gloom , but they were a help . |