Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [subord] they do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men can ring the changes by wearing a different shirt or tie if they do n't want to invest in more than one suit . |
| 2 | " There is no mention of sanctions against companies , or fines if they do not fulfil the objectives , or of incentives … for them to make adjustments " he said . |
| 3 | When I talk about implementation of the Maastricht treaty I mean that one of the things that must be done is to set up the arrangements agreed at Maastricht by which member states can be taken to the European Court and punished if they do not carry out obligations that they have assumed . |
| 4 | This is happening right now in the eastern Pacific — the Pacific Plate is sliding north-westwards , while the North American Plate is sliding south-eastwards , and the two strain and rub as they do so . |
| 5 | Barons could most readily huff and stomp when they did indeed own their papers , rather than being chairmen , liable to be sacked by their directors . |
| 6 | I think they 're fantastically advanced and mature because they do n't have radios . |
| 7 | The expenditure required is borne by the local authorities and occurs because they do not have sufficient suitable housing in a state of good repair . |
| 8 | the foresters attach to come before them men who work in their own ground , making ‘ hoes ’ to sow corn , although the King had no demesne there : and they say that they have made waste and purpresture if they do not their will for having peace ; from each man holding land they will have the skin of a lamb or a farthing , and they say that is their fee . |
| 9 | For there are other plates surrounding the Pacific Plate and they jostle and crash against each other , like ice floes at break-up time ; and as they jostle so they tide up against each other , pushing each other deeper , cracking and bending as they do so — only on a global scale , and with extraordinary consequences . |
| 10 | The plan was that everyone would meet at the cottage on Boxing Day , making their own way there and hopefully bringing enormous amounts of expensive food and drink if they did n't want to be turned back at the gate . |