Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] n't [vb infin] they " in BNC.

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1 You could n't often get big sizes in them & I do n't think they did boys ' sizes in Dr. Martens — when they did , some girls wore them .
2 I used to wear clear glass spectacles , although I did n't need them . ’
3 She 'd also written two or three books of poetry , although I did n't see them .
4 Now one of the things that we have in this city that I do n't think they have as many in Ipswich are students and that must be one of the biggest , they are they party revellers of the century , they have parties all the time .
5 It would have made it more difficult , but the way that Maxwell used to involve himself in bulk transfers , you know and move , move two hundred pensioners from there to there and er no money followed and this sort of thing , I think that er that he could of quite frankly done exactly the same thing and we really feel that the , that the role of the pension regulator and the and the opposing role with I M R O that , that you really if we 're not careful , we 're going to put in another layer of bureaucracy and have a pension regulator who 's got the task of of checking a , a hundred and twenty eight thousand pension funds , when really there 's probably out of those a hundred and twenty eight thousand , ninety-nine point five per cent of probably being very well well run and , and quite safe and what , what we ca n't really see in the report is a is a method of identifying the determined fraudster at a at a very early stage , you know and we 're just terribly disappointed that er that Good has just thrown the whole of , of the matter back at I M R O who we feel have proved to tha that I do n't think they 're up to the task , I think that the that the whole question of er of the power of a self regulatory body which to us works on blowing the whistle , you know the whole the whole effect of a self regulatory body is that it 's members that it , it 's really like a club is n't it , you know and we 're all members of this club and if one of us er is gon na do something wrong , then the rest of us are gon na have to pay for it .
6 By that I do n't mean they 've left the prison ; I mean they 're dead .
7 I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love .
8 and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues .
9 Apart from that I do n't suppose they 'll have any troubles .
10 Does she think me so stupid that I do n't know they do that ?
11 But I would feel a bit snidey pretending that I do n't know them . ’
12 and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have .
13 I w I I personally er made it clear at the time when they changed the rules er er fairly recently , that I did n't think they should .
14 I have to say that I did n't see them in their homes prior to their being admitted at all .
15 At Albufeira no one ever bothered me and the local fishermen were only too happy to accept the lead fishing weights I found , so I do n't suppose they reported me .
16 The window frames look rather nice with broken colour — shade and sun — so I do n't have them as solid pieces of wood
17 You 've never made scenes and I do n't want them . ’
18 ‘ I 've been through it and I do n't want them to have to go through it because it can be stopped .
19 I 'd I was I was glad when they said no more can move into Green , cos I was thinking , Well my sister 's getting a house soon and my other sister she 's getting a house and I do n't want them two living round here as well cos the me mam and dad wo n't be able to see them either , you know if they move into the flats so I was glad .
20 We have a serious mission to accomplish , we four and I do n't want them getting in the way . ’
21 As you can see we 've got three children who will be going to the school and I do n't want them to think they have to get in a car every time they travel anywhere .
22 And I do n't want them pulled off thank you very much , tell him .
23 And I do n't suppose they 're very strict at the Franco-Spanish border . ’
24 Yes , yes , I mean this year , with the formula obviously , because the number of fire calls has dropped , it impacts upon er , as I say that , I do n't know whether the actual , the cost , the differential between the number of calls that have dropped and the drop in the S S A , whether it 's comparable , and I do n't suppose they 've got a measure of the drop , in S S A terms it 's far greater than the actual marginal costs of er , not attending those er , extra , extra fire calls .
25 And I do n't suppose they can get them now .
26 Drivers are professionals who are employed to race where their teams compete and I do n't think they would be penalised for doing their jobs . ’
27 But , of course , if you 're going to be another voice you really need to know what you 're talking about and you need to have vast access to information at least as good as all the departments who are putting forward their voices , and you need to have the time and the staff and I do n't think they always had that .
28 And I do n't think they 'd be seriously frightened .
29 ‘ I can see one or two teams who are slipping out and I do n't think they 'll come back in .
30 And I do n't think they pissed off home because they were suddenly hungry for Belgian waffles .
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