Example sentences of "they simply [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 2 | It simply had n't occurred to him that her resistance to their becoming lovers might be rooted in the fact that they simply did n't love each other . |
| 3 | We tried to hope that they were going to release Franky and that they simply did n't want the rest of us to get angry and depressed . |
| 4 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 5 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 6 | Once they 've completed their trip all they want to do is head off back home and they simply do n't devote the time , energy and money on clearing up . |
| 7 | There are schemes here and there which are excellent but they simply do n't address the magnitude of the crisis . |
| 8 | Even if there are little windows of time between jobs , teachers often feel that they simply do n't have the energy to take advantage of them . |
| 9 | They simply do n't have the right to do that . |
| 10 | Changing working habits and increased competition for leisure time mean that many people feel they simply do n't have the time any more . |
| 11 | One would like very often to have more erm people involved in decision making , but they simply do n't have the time to inform themselves and one or two experiments in the kind of democracy you might Brian might have had in mind , came to horrible grief where decisions were taken simply uninformed and where the small number of people present who were informed were n't able to persuade the majority and the history of education is littered with them most unfortunate examples of this . |
| 12 | They strive , they refuse to countenance fear and doubt , they simply do n't recognise it . |