Example sentences of "they [adv] do [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires . |
| 2 | SO Iran-contra did not happen much , except to certain people ; and even those people often felt caught up in events that were exceptionally odd and different , adventures they might have watched on television , and in which they especially did not expect to find themselves . |
| 3 | Before going he had told us that firstly , all his carp had been caught on sweetcorn and bread and although fishing with boilies on one rod all week he had been able to get a take , in his words they just did not seem to eat them ; secondly , although there were plenty of carp on the surface they did not seem the least bit interested in floaters , and thirdly he was at a loss to know what one needed to do to put a cat on the bank . |
| 4 | or they just did n't bother to fish him out . |
| 5 | Because they were overthrown and the others were taken off into captivity into battle life , and what a life they had , the one of slavery , so at that time because they took no note , because they were destiny instructions to Jehovah for his word and again want to see , they had eyes , but they just did n't want to see it they knew , all the whys and wherefores and what the responsibilities were , but they did n't measure up to them and because of that many of them lost their lives , and if they did n't they were taken into captivity , Jeremiah four , in verse twenty two , again another prophecy sent to them exactly over the same message , the same reasons describes to them as being a , er people that is foolish and of me they have taken no notice Jeremiah four and verse twenty two . |
| 6 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 7 | ‘ They all know who is doing this but they just do n't want to get involved . ’ |
| 8 | But er they just do n't seem to employ the boys |
| 9 | When I explain what has caused offence , they just do n't seem to see the problem . ’ |
| 10 | They just do n't seem to happen . |
| 11 | He made an attempt on Crilly 's life with a pocket knife once ; but now they speak amicably to one another , they just do n't seem to remember . |
| 12 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 13 | But that was another thing nowadays they , they just do n't seem to bother at all if the mother gets torn , now in those days it was a terrible disgrace to g to er if you had a , had a delivery and the mother was torn . |
| 14 | But nowadays they just do n't seem to bother at all . |
| 15 | They just do n't seem to care . |
| 16 | ‘ They just do n't seem to understand , even though I tell them it 's a lot of fun . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that . |
| 18 | As we have already seen , physics students made very strong ( hierarchical ) distinctions between physics and chemistry , and between physics and other disciplines — and even between subdivisions in the department itself ; one final-year student noted in B that ‘ on the top floor , one half is theoretical physics , one is experimental physics and they just do n't seem to mix ’ . |
| 19 | Erm even tapestries like the Devonshire hunting tapestry which you may have seen at the V and A. Er the tops look as if they 're been eaten by mice because they 're been so often snagged onto tenterhooks and moved and moved round and onto other tenterhooks , they just do n't seem to have had the same view of this kind of thing as we do . |
| 20 | The great , I mean , you 've a valid point and I think it 's due to the recession in America , I think we were disappointed were we not Bruce , that the results of our trip to er , New York State , and this has nothing to do with the enthusiasm of the business people we met there , everything to do , in my view , with the fact that the recession , and America 's been through a very tough recession , they just do n't look to expand elsewhere , but the reaction we had in , in er , in America was very , very powerful of , of a wish to want to do something when things look better . |
| 21 | They just do n't like to get involved in something which is ongoing for a few weeks you know . |
| 22 | They may provide a comprehensive guide to the reference literature , but they generally do not attempt to guide the user through the literature either selectively or critically . |
| 23 | It 's just a shame they still do n't seem to want to take any real risks because as things now stand , they 're still guilty of merely coasting . |
| 24 | This was probably due either to farmers intending to hand on their asset and therefore not thinking of it as one or to younger men trying to pay off a large loan ( they also did not want to think about it ! ) . |
| 25 | And if they have a lot of money they probably do n't want to show it . |
| 26 | Might be a man in charge , but they probably do n't have to pay lots of wages . |
| 27 | They probably did n't want to hurt us , they just did n't understand what we were . |
| 28 | They probably did n't have to refer back to their superiors-those mysterious Controllers , be they human or not — for instructions , they probably had their contingency plans all ready and prepared . |
| 29 | But as large companies have big overheads and do not like risky ventures they often do not want to become involved . |
| 30 | The self-image of older people is closely linked with morale , which for many has sunk so low that they often do not wish to continue living . |