Example sentences of "[prep] course they do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a description of R. & R. Clark 's works in 1896 commented that " for straightforward setting , ordinary stonework , simple imposition and first proof-reading , the women are found to be fully qualified , though of course they do not attain to the all-round excellence of first-class men " , |
| 2 | Non-monetarists also recognise the role that monetary changes may have on real output , though of course they do not assign them such a major role as the monetarists . |
| 3 | And of course they do not wait until they have mastered a meaning before using each word . |
| 4 | If you go to Wembley on Saturday morning you will see women with wide Jari bordered saris with gold embroidery , with necklaces and bangles — all gold — and of course they do n't wear a coat because the full splendour of their clothes must be revealed — on their feet a pair of decorative Chappals — however cold it might be . |
| 5 | And of course they do n't want any snotty-nosed ones , no . |
| 6 | Of course they do n't know whether I 'm married or single , why I 'm buying so much food , or how much money I 've spent on food that week . |
| 7 | After a time the others go off to search for ‘ Smee ’ — but of course they do n't know who they are looking for . |
| 8 | And of course they did n't hire with them . |
| 9 | Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out . |
| 10 | When Adrian writes ‘ Nobody even noticed I was in the room ! ’ with its exclamation mark of outrage at the end , part of us says ‘ Of course they did n't notice . |
| 11 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course they did n't say that , ’ said Nigel as if to an elderly sloth suffering from senile decay , ‘ but it 's no good me saying , ‘ Sinister , dexter , sinister , dexter , ’ because they wo n't know what I 'm talking about , will they ? |
| 13 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 14 | Of course they did not produce an abstract treatise on Freedom , in which they laid out principles of action in deductive orderliness . |
| 15 | Of course they did not know what to expect . |
| 16 | But of course they did not circulate beyond the commuter belt , so they failed to qualify as nationals on that ground . |