Example sentences of "and they [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mistletoe was even dearer , and they had n't any at all of that . |
| 2 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 3 | The point Jesus was making was that it was all around them and they had n't noticed ! |
| 4 | When she had been at art college , but that was just kids hunting for trophies , and they had n't meant a toss to her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 7 | Well when they put the flats up , I mean they could n't keep pets , and they had n't got a garden , and there was a period of time when er we were rather concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 9 | You see a working , well of course they do get them up nowadays , but in th you were supposed t to stay in bed for at least a fortnight after the mother was born but you a lot of these mothers used to hop out of bed when the midwife had gone , and , and I mean if they 'd got two or three children and a husband coming in and they had n't got a mother or a neighbour or somebody to come in and do the cooking , i I mean she 'd just get up and get on with it herself . |
| 10 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 11 | She had a bad cargo see , they had n't er some stuff and they had n't stored her properly and she turned over and they all got drowned . |
| 12 | So the the their thoughts were away in the past and they had n't moved I thought and I learned later that my thoughts were correct . |
| 13 | Said alright , so I filled out a bloody form and I went to Michelins , they knew nothing about it and they had n't got it displayed either ! |
| 14 | I looked for one of those sandwich box things for Gerald in Sainsburys and they had n't got one . |
| 15 | Yes but you , you have to buy the whole album and they had n't got that in , they 'd just sold out . |
| 16 | and they had n't given that goal away , they 'd of scored another in that half |
| 17 | She 'd rang the police and they had n't heard of any . |
| 18 | to put these things in ice and they had n't got any of the , of the |
| 19 | I remember in the RAF at Blackpool going to the pictures , and they did n't bother with an intermission . |
| 20 | And they did n't get up and take a bow afterwards . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Under rubble in bomb-sites and they did n't get any nice flat stone with writing either . |
| 23 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 24 | The local Garda had been sent to Ashford Castle to protect Reagan , and they did n't get on with the CIA at all . |
| 25 | She does n't seem to have had intimate friends , except Miss Glover , and they did n't need to correspond , since they shared their house . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's no harm done and they did n't get far . |
| 27 | The living room ceiling was hung with bunting , the kitchen smelt of roast turkey , the house was full of people who all knew each other intimately , the videos had been ordered and the sideboard was laden with drink and in fact everyone behaved just like it was a real family Christmas , except that Boy had sex with two other men in the bathroom , and they did n't even bother to lock the door because they knew that no one else there would mind , knew that they did n't have to hide what they were doing from the rest of the party . |
| 28 | They called the shots while we were still tiny , and they did n't spring into crushed velvet bell-bottoms in 1966 , just because it was a happening thing to do . |
| 29 | These flows were relatively small and they did n't get down to the lower , inhabited parts of the mountain . |
| 30 | And they did n't leave the fumes behind them that an engine might have done . |