Example sentences of "they do not just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 2 | He said that a man who 's gon na build a , build something , let's put it in a modern setting , the man who 's gon na , a man and woman , a couple are gon na put an extension on their house , they do n't just go down and buy a few dozen bricks , er , and a bag cement and start , they work out how much it 's gon na cost them first of all . |
| 3 | They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children . |
| 4 | they do n't just leave it , they 'll go and do it , you know ? |
| 5 | And if you 've got a c country 's stamps they collect the whole lot , you know , they do n't just collect they collect the whole range all in one f And she 'd done this with her furniture . |
| 6 | Out here they do n't just send a polite cube over to your bank manager to cancel your pay . |
| 7 | ‘ They do learn they do n't just float around the room being trees . ’ |
| 8 | back to dogs that in North Korea you know they do n't just last till Christmas unclear |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | over a five year period , I mean they do n't just happen overnight |
| 11 | They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Within days of moving up he assumed a Farmer Giles accent , extra-shapeless trousers ( nothing is so sexless as an Englishman 's trousers ) , broken boots ( ‘ They do n't just let water in , they suck it in , ’ he said proudly ) , and most important , a bucket hat , of which he had a whole series . |
| 13 | Shrewsbury have got to make sure as much as possible when they do win the ball in the they do n't just smash long balls up , because as l as soon as they do that and as long as they keep doing that , Blackburn just pick up the ball again and keep coming at them , they 've got to try like they did just a few minutes ago , try and play themselves out of defence with nice low passes . |
| 14 | Erm if they 're going to charge you for your water by how much you use , they do n't just charge you twenty when you 've got your hose running . |
| 15 | I do n't know why they do n't just keep the to- bloody-gether . |
| 16 | But they do n't just flower for the fortnight you spent in Sarajevo : English roses fill the air with fragrance for month after month . |
| 17 | They do n't just put plaster casts on your legs for the fun of it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know why , if they do n't want people to come here , ’ said Betty fretfully , ‘ they do n't just put up notices all along the border describing the weather conditions . ’ |
| 19 | why they do n't just put a screen up |
| 20 | They do n't just prove that it 's dangerous to fly , ski , skateboard or dress up as a Mutant Hero Ninja Turtle and try to act tough on the Northern Line late on a Saturday night . |
| 21 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 22 | They do n't just touch something and it just works . |
| 23 | They do n't just bend the truth , they simply reverse it . |
| 24 | And they do n't just fade away , they stay with you . |
| 25 | Aye , yeah well she , she was , you know there 's a period of time where they , they sort of leave the grammar school and the , and the , they do n't just know what they , what 's gon na happen |
| 26 | Well I think it gives them a link with the church , erm and they do n't just come in and say oh yes , turn up on Saturday and you 'll get married , there 's some meeting before that |
| 27 | Words articulate our experience of things , they do not just express or reflect it ; they give form to what , without language and other sign-systems , would merely be a chaotic and undifferentiated jumble of ideas ; instead of things determining the meaning of words , words determine the meaning of things . |
| 28 | As we are beginning to see , however , these people generate their own rules for ordering their lives , they do not just exist in the middle of chaos . |
| 29 | They do not just generate data but enter into collaboration in the continuous monitoring of classroom activity and its effects . |
| 30 | They do not just know the ropes : they make the ropes . |