Example sentences of "when they [verb] [pron] [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they left he did n't offer to walk them up through the Grove and Carrie was n't sorry : she felt too chokey for talking . |
| 2 | When they returned she did n't want to go back to bed . |
| 3 | They change the subject when they find I do n't have any , as if I 'm suffering from a disease . ’ |
| 4 | The BBC finds you ‘ surplus to budget ’ when they find you have n't paid the licence fee . |
| 5 | It was no different from the situation that most couples face in the early days of their marriage , when they discover they do n't like each other 's friends . |
| 6 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |
| 7 | I leave the safety on : when they arrive I do n't want to blast a nervous bullet through my table . |