Example sentences of "then [pron] [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I do n't do too badly , and people must n't worry so much about me . |
| 2 | That makes me laugh , because once I 've written a song then I do n't tend to work on it too much — I 'm too lazy , basically . |
| 3 | But then I do n't wear my heart on my sleeve . |
| 4 | But then I do n't drink any more . |
| 5 | I do n't care about anything but being safe , she thought ; I believed I cared about Fand , but I do n't , I 'm too much of a coward — I just want her to save me , and then I do n't care what happens to her . |
| 6 | But then I do n't suppose that would be enough for you , and after all this is Boy 's story mostly , he is after all in a proper sense my hero , and you have to have this Boy clearly in your mind before we can proceed . |
| 7 | And , yes , there are a couple of lines around the eyes , and a grey hair or twenty ( at least they 're all together in a neat bunch , not lurking about all over the place ) and the neck does n't look too good in some , particularly unflattering , lights , but then I do n't suppose yours would , either . |
| 8 | But then I do n't suppose it 'll matter much with twenty of us in there ; our combined breaths 'll be enough to give us a steam bath . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I do n't suppose I shall . |
| 10 | he said his mother did n't and then I do n't suppose |
| 11 | But then I do n't hold with the precept de mortuis nil nisi bonum ( I speak as a doctor , after all ) ; and it 's hard to underestimate the irritation when a critic points out something like that to you . |
| 12 | I still do n't see Lucker but then I do n't want to any more because I feel guilty . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I do n't make a sale . ’ |
| 14 | Then I do n't think they spoke another word to each other for the rest of the round . |
| 15 | If that 's the Sue I once bought a drink for — out of pity — in a certain low-rent wine bar she frequents ( Naughty Nineties postcards in brass frames and scrums of desperate shrieking middle-aged women hogging the tables ) , then I do n't think she 's telling the full story . |
| 16 | then I do n't think that we ought to go along with , for instance , just using a term like , spelling |
| 17 | I have on occasion told students that they 're doing an arts subject , and tried to encourage them to think in those terms , because if they 're constantly thinking of the job at the end of it , then I do n't think they 're getting the most out of it that they can do … . |
| 18 | Because what the Sale of Goods Act goes on to say is that if the goods contain a fault which is so obvious you should have noticed the fault while you were in the shop , or the shop assistant pointed out the fault to you while you were in the shop , then I do n't think you can really demand money back on that basis . |
| 19 | Oh yes we 've they are subscribing , and if we was n't keeping a good erm a good liaison with them , then I do n't think we 'd be here now . |
| 20 | Cos if people wo n't read the parish magazine , then I do n't think they 'll come along to the |
| 21 | Quite , providing there was only one representative , and we were n't overburdened , providing it was clearly understood that they were there almost in the same way that a local member would be , to speak on a given item , and not to vote , then I do n't think we 'd have any objections , but it 's entirely up to the Committee , how do you feel ? |
| 22 | Well the problem as I see it is that you do n't know what the variety of this peach is , if it was bought out of greenhouse variety and is reasonably tender then I do n't think whatever you do with it in Preston it 's going to make any difference . |
| 23 | erm It was really one of the guidelines , it was the , if we considered doing that then I do n't think we would have had a four nation programme or certainly a five nation programme at the start , I do n't think we would 've er stayed together , it was really one of the basic requirements not to have that capability . |
| 24 | ‘ Then I do n't think I 'll venture out for a stroll before bedtime . ’ |
| 25 | She paused then added quickly , ‘ If it 's a bad pet shop — you know what I mean — then I do n't think we ought to have anything to do with it . ’ |
| 26 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 27 | Well then I do n't think , I do n't know about you , but I do n't think personally that needs wrapping up . |
| 28 | If there 's any hint that the child is n't enjoying it then I do n't think it should happen . |
| 29 | If there 's any hint that the child is n't enjoying it then I do n't think it should happen . |
| 30 | ‘ If this one does n't work then I do n't know what will . ’ |