Example sentences of "[noun pl] do n't usually " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soaps do n't usually focus on characters like this , people who grew up with the idealistic values of the 1960s and early 1970s , who have put off having children until their thirties , who worry about the environment but also worry about how they 're not managing to do enough about it . |
| 2 | Non-city dwellers may still be able to burn coal or logs in their fireplaces , but today 's busy lifestyles do n't usually allow time for tending them . |
| 3 | Stories about the illegal capture and sale of wild animals do n't usually have happy endings , and so no wonder there was much celebration when 10 wild-caught orang-utans smuggled into Taiwan and destined for the pet trade were confiscated by Taiwanese officials and sent back to their Indonesian homeland for rehabilitation . |
| 4 | So like , we have a hell of a good laugh like , we go in and like , my dreams do n't usually dawn on me till around lunch , I always say quick , give us the book ! |
| 5 | I closed my eyes and listened to the cracks and smashes until one especially loud thump ended in a low buzz telephones do n't usually make ; then I put the phone down again , turned , looked upward , and set wearily off , back up the stairs . |
| 6 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 7 | Rabbits do n't usually carry food , I know , but you 'll learn . |
| 8 | Girls do n't usually do that . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ American doctors do n't usually ask old men for help . ’ |
| 10 | His classmates liked him because he was very friendly and outgoing and liked pranks but teachers do n't usually like the class jester . ’ |
| 11 | Showing your story to friends does n't usually work . |
| 12 | Yeah but housewives do n't usually go to sleep at this time in the afternoon . |
| 13 | CHILDREN 'S programmes do n't usually have a strong appeal to adults , but one that does is Wail of the Banshee , running on Mondays on ITV at 4pm . |
| 14 | There are many ways of calculating the APR , but it should always take into account upfront fees , which building societies do n't usually charge . |
| 15 | He has a wife and children and most men do n't usually leave their wives , do they ? ’ |
| 16 | Men do n't usually conduct loud , enthusiastic duologues about rural delights ( not English men , anyway ) and it was even more unusual to hear someone butt in with ‘ Excuse me , I could n't help overhearing , and what you 're saying is absolute rubbish . ’ |
| 17 | Men do n't usually suffer |
| 18 | Violent men do n't usually stop to reason first . |
| 19 | Suns men do n't usually see . |
| 20 | Men do n't usually take much part in these things , ’ she added , more from experience than from cynicism . |
| 21 | Butterflies do n't usually appear in winter . |
| 22 | ‘ We might make the odd administrative error , Detective Inspector , but releasing the wrong men does n't usually fall into that category . ’ |
| 23 | Even blindingly obvious and crucial insights do n't usually come instantly — it took us 24 hours to realise that the part-concealed agenda behind IBM 's December closures was that the company was signalling the death of the mainframe , a couple of months to realise that the executive search committee of IBM non-executive directors had n't a clue what it should be looking for in a new chief executive for IBM — because they themselves did n't have the computer industry background they needed to recognise how vital such a background would be to the person assuming the post . |
| 24 | ‘ I mean , bosses do n't usually send flowers to their employees , do they ? |
| 25 | ‘ They will be kept in sheds , though bicycle thieves do n't usually bother with them . |
| 26 | Well he , he 's ten and , and collies do n't usually live to be much older . |