Example sentences of "[verb] and they do " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we were trying to say is there is actually a place and my Right Honourable Friend thinks that there is and indeed so do I , for people to contribute to the problem of policing in their locality who have n't necessarily for one reason or another and my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw said , decided not to erm be on the police authority , maybe they have n't had time , maybe there has n't been their , their particular but nevertheless they do know and they do care about their locality and they have got a er er a contribution to make and we think that that would actually improve the local the police authorities , provided that they are not in an overwhelming position and that is the reason why we 've suggested that eight erm t er , er , er o of a police authority of sixteen , eight should be councillors in the majority , five should be independents and three should be er er er magistrates and My Lords and then of course the complaint was ah , but then some people may not be properly represented and the number ought to be larger . |
| 2 | Talk to the next person but really you 're talking to there say and they do it back to you , but erm Oh so he did n't , he wo n't be going again then ? |
| 3 | If anyone rings and they do n't find me in , it 's not because I am at a wild party or something , it 's probably because I 'm shopping or walking my dog . ’ |
| 4 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 5 | those are the people who need to adjust what , how they 're living and they do n't . |
| 6 | The women in the village say , ‘ Poor Elizabeth , she has a lot to put up with , with that big old house and Angharad , and Hywel working so hard on the farm ’ , but their eyes gleam as they speak and they do not like her . |
| 7 | They tell each other stories ( Sprugg is a poet , like Rodolfo ) ; they flirt harmlessly , get quietly drunk , but they do n't swear and they do n't you-know-what — it 's a family show , in fact , though any child would faint with boredom . |
| 8 | Just like to get me tannoyed this morning , thinking something 's wrong , something 's wrong they have n't phoned and they do n't want to tell me . |
| 9 | You only get one chance and then you die and they do n't let you go round again after you 've got the hang of it ! |
| 10 | Receivers however always want to sell without giving any warranties and indemnities because their own knowledge of the business is limited and they do not want any continuing involvement with the buyer . |
| 11 | However , such groupings do exist and they do have some effects on , and are affected by , the political practices of the TCC in most countries . |
| 12 | But according to one retailer who thinks that the mail-order operation needs a lot of work to modernise and improve it : ‘ It represents cannon rather than rifle shot — it is old fashioned and they do not target customers properly . ’ |
| 13 | Quite frequently they refuse to fulfil the roles that others impose and they do n't always live up to expectations . |
| 14 | If they failed they get told and they do n't get a certificate do they ? |
| 15 | It 's all anonymous , you 're not e e e nobody know who it is , it 's for it 's for a dictionary and they want new words that are commonly used and they do n't want and all old words that never get used it 'll be dropped in the next edition of the dictionary . |
| 16 | Yeah , because th they keep nattering and they do n't get nothing done and then it after then , but we 've gone . |
| 17 | All that matters is that we know and they do n't know that we do . ’ |
| 18 | if you float you 'll stay at the top , some people can float and they do n't need arm bands , they stay at the top and if you sink they go to the bottom , now we 've got to look at these things look and we 've got to decide whether we think they 're gon na float , stay on the top or whether they 're going to sink and go to the bottom , now then what 's this here ? |
| 19 | Many teachers from the south of Nigeria were employed and they do not speak good Hausa . |
| 20 | I find some people on the streets are quite like , pigheaded and they do n't really want to go back for some reason really . |
| 21 | With these problems she 's having and they do n't know what 's wrong with her . |
| 22 | The mean ol' Gruzzles ca n't read and they do n't want any one else to be able to read so they have stolen all the words out of the books . |
| 23 | But they are interrupted and they do not bother to ask the question again during the whole weekend . |
| 24 | Not so much tears but you know how they get sometimes , you think they 're going to cry and they do n't , they just keep going on and on . |
| 25 | And that 's for collecting erm words so that when they do the new dictionary all those words that people use and they do |
| 26 | ‘ Young people in the Third World are being told it 's wonderful to smoke and they do n't know the problems it 's causing . ’ |
| 27 | Of course a lot of industries today are changing and they do n't have as many people on the shop floor anyway and you have many more people who are systems analysts and people like that . |
| 28 | Well when when if if the Labour party criticised and they do criticise |
| 29 | But they took advantage , the boys did and they do n't care at all ! |
| 30 | It is an ancient opinion that they do and they do n't . |