Example sentences of "they [verb] n't [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean seven years continual dredging for seven years apart from a month they in dock and you were taking out eight hundred tonne every hopper load and some days you were doing five loads and sometimes four loads , was a lot of mud we dumped so much mud out at erm near the Cork Lightship , now you would think they would level theirself off would n't you and if they did n't that up . |
| 2 | Besides , those old Junker — ’ she was about to say all those Junker but in deference to Omi did not — ‘ they did n't all look nice . |
| 3 | They did n't all let go at once but only when they could hold on no longer . |
| 4 | In other words while the public may have all watched the same news they did n't all see it in the same way . |
| 5 | She wondered why they did n't all run together in the middle . |
| 6 | They did n't all desert their girlfriends when they became pregnant , some have remained to provide crucial emotional and practical support . |
| 7 | The fact that no one laughed out loud at this remark suggested to Charles that they did n't all share his view of the man . |
| 8 | Well they did n't this year . |
| 9 | But now I think they do n't many so it 's not you know this up to sort of like thirteen they 've been taught constantly once to that age . |
| 10 | But they do n't that . |
| 11 | Once you have become mentally adjusted to the countdown display it becomes very logical and you will wonder why they do n't all work this way ! |
| 12 | But they do n't all work . |
| 13 | ‘ The Thing did say they do n't all grow to twelve feet , ’ said Angalo , in the silence . |
| 14 | But , then , all kids have heroes ; they do n't all become rock stars or footballers , though . |
| 15 | I 'm supposed to investigate them to find out why they do n't all fall together . ’ |
| 16 | If you look carefully at the pictures , you will see each of the four children more than once , but they do n't all appear in all the pictures . |
| 17 | After all , there are a lot of divisions in the police — they do n't all wear uniforms and some do n't even shave . |
| 18 | Said Robert : ‘ I have 36 pigeons at the moment but they do n't all race long distance ’ . |
| 19 | Not a likely-looking suspect in sight , but then they do n't all wear T-shirts like Lucy had . |
| 20 | ‘ But they do n't any more , do they ? ’ said Scarlet . |
| 21 | They used to but they do n't any more they 've taken all that sort of brilliant stuff away . |
| 22 | They do n't half look pretty . |
| 23 | But you get used to it and I think it 's a grand place , it 's done me the world of good anyway , they do n't half help you . |
| 24 | They look mean , sleek and powerful … and when you open up the throttle they do n't half shift . |
| 25 | They had n't that veil on them like they used |
| 26 | I it , it was , it was alright f for people wh who were used to that sort of thing but I mean they had n't all the mechanization in the mines then that they have now . |
| 27 | Mistletoe was even dearer , and they had n't any at all of that . |
| 28 | M. B. The Federation helped us but they had n't any teeth . |
| 29 | He asked them why elephants did n't ride bicycles and explained that it was because they had n't any thumbs to ring the bell with . |
| 30 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |