Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That still does n't explain why they torched themselves , ’ Finn observed . |
| 2 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 3 | He constantly came across people who adored his father and he could n't think why they did when he was such a silly little man who made such a fool of himself . |
| 4 | Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target |
| 5 | But I do n't think even they went this far . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't ken why they used to blame my father for allowing them to stay , stay , and and er , och , you get a lot of animosity . |
| 7 | Do n't know when they 're coming . |
| 8 | Erm I do n't know when They they they play it about quarter past er no about quarter to seven |
| 9 | He did n't know when they 'd be back ; all he knew was that his boss had some kind of private deal going with the gang foreman of a motorway sub-contractor , and the boys always appeared without notice , worked at the speed of practised moonlighters , and probably got their money in a plain envelope passed under a pub table somewhere . |
| 10 | You see we d we do n't know when they 're going to have these parties , |
| 11 | No I do n't know when they 're making decisions , the deadline for them being in was the end of the financial year , |
| 12 | You do n't know when they are going to strike again . |
| 13 | If it 's not written down I do n't know when they 've had or what they 've had , you 'll have to write it down and put a date on it . |
| 14 | No , there are at Tower now , they were raised in the Tower , but they eh , I do n't know when they moved , they moved to a the depot at a |
| 15 | So I do n't know when they 've , when they go but erm they 've won that , it 's obviously through one of their |
| 16 | They do n't know when they 're going to be able to drink their water without boiling it again . |
| 17 | People do n't know when they can get it or not . |
| 18 | I do n't know why they decided it that way . |
| 19 | I do n't know why they imagine it 's ‘ poofy ’ or we would n't find it attractive if they dressed up for us . |
| 20 | I do n't know why they did n't . |
| 21 | To date I must admit that I do n't know why they sit tight . |
| 22 | I do n't know why they left me there alive . ’ |
| 23 | Jason Cundy gets his first chance to play against his former club since moving from Stamford Bridge last season — ‘ I still do n't know why they sold me — I thought I was there for my career , ‘ he says — but Meanwhile , in-form Chelsea will be without the suspended Mick Harford . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know why they bother to have gates at this school , ’ remarked Mildred , as another three pupils soared over the wall on their brooms . |
| 25 | I do n't know why they want to kill you , Colonel . |
| 26 | Akram added : ‘ I do n't know why they changed the ball but I am glad they did because the one they gave us was newer and in better condition than the previous one . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know why they did it and no , do n't even think it , I was n't raped . |
| 28 | Presumably the programmers cut down on frills in order to cram it all into a single load , though I do n't know why they bothered — no-one will ever get past Level Ten anyway ! |
| 29 | I do n't know why they 're doing this , Stuart and Oliver . |
| 30 | " But after all , " said Blackberry , " we do n't know why they 're so few . |