Example sentences of "but they do [not/n't] take [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But they do not take us sufficiently deeply into the complexity of the concept .
2 They cover every eventuality but they do n't take anything . ’
3 The uprising of 1848 gave them an opportunity to alter their status , but they did not take it and by and large seem to have accepted that industrialisation meant inevitable Germanisation .
4 Germans were confidently walking in the streets when the alarm sounded but they did n't take it seriously and failed to go to air raid shelters .
5 And I offered them a fiver to pay o for the van but they did n't take it .
6 They had orders to search every village in the area , but they did n't take anything .
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