Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] n't [adv] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are well aware of this danger and do n't blindly accept what people say , ’ states Malcolm Smart . |
| 2 | Their sons are noisy and mischievous and do n't always do what they are told , and in every respect are normal , healthy , confident little boys . |
| 3 | The inevitable question , ‘ What did you do in the hols ? ’ would be greeted with a list of the films I had seen , and the dances and point-to-points I had been to , whereas in fact I was not allowed to go to the cinema ( perhaps for financial reasons ) , had never been to a dance in my life , and did n't even know what a point-to-point was . |
| 4 | My mother was working class and did n't ever question what happened to her as a cancer patient and the motto I had in the family , in relation to health in particular , was ‘ Do as you 're told ’ . |
| 5 | It was too late for an abortion , and as for Marc , she hardly knew him , and did n't much like what she knew . |
| 6 | How horrible — and how lucky you were , Mr. Preston , to meet my aunt when she was old and did n't really know what she was doing . " |
| 7 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |