Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] not " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
2 | but you see he 'd have a list of the horse who 's gon na work or win races well if them animals did n't eat up he did n't work them . |
3 | them kids do n't |
4 | ‘ My plans have n't changed . |
5 | My views have not changed and I shall continue to attempt to persuade the majority of the Labour party to reassert its policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament . |
6 | Therefore my skills have not been utilized to the full and I may have fallen behind my UK counterparts . |
7 | I only put it on at night as my herons do n't seem to come in the day . |
8 | Secondly , although the anecdotal nature of my illustrations do not add up to a seriously informative lecture , with full classifications and statistical support , I do hope they identify areas of particular neglect in our English language studies , and suggest the fruitfulness of these topics for further work . |
9 | My fingers had not merely done the walking but felt as though they 'd run a marathon . |
10 | My fingers do n't work too well . |
11 | I 'd do it if my teeth did n't hurt ! |
12 | Rather self-deprecatingly , he reveals that : ‘ It became clear to me that my talents did not lie in selling . ’ |
13 | another scenario that comes up quite often is that , somebody comes in and say my kids have n't had any food all over the weekend because you did n't send out a giro |
14 | my kids have n't had any food all weekend that I 've paid for because you did n't send me my giro , they 've had their meals because they 've been round there at grandma 's , but I 'm not telling you that , yeah , you know . |
15 | Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to . |
16 | And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’ |
17 | I look out into the darkness , but my eyes do n't focus at first , as they are so fresh from sleep . |
18 | He paused before adding significantly , ‘ My eyes do n't miss much . |
19 | I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother ! |
20 | said down the corridor he walked in his full uniform , the first morning say and that memory son will always stick ya , cos when I give her over that picture of the twins at Christmas , she , she looked up , she sort of looked up at me , she said I 've got tears in my eyes have n't I , and I looked and like I was choked as well and I , she sort of , I said yeah you are and she said , every time I look at them it brings back those memories the first memories of this little boy |
21 | Perhaps it will come as no surprise to my readers to hear not only that all knowledge of selling me a coffin was denied but even that they were now , or ever had been , coffin-manufacturers . |
22 | There have been occasions over the past 30 years when the attendance in this House for my speeches has not been quite as large as it is today . |
23 | I did notice , however , that some of the wild plants and flowers that seemed to do well on my pastures did n't grow in other people 's fields . |
24 | My brothers did n't have to do housework ! |
25 | The titles of my lectures had not changed since the early sixties : Bernini , Borromini , Carlo Fontana , Sculpture I and Sculpture II . |
26 | My feet seemed not to touch the ground . |
27 | My hands and my feet do n't certainly . |
28 | If my parents had n't sent me money every week , I could n't have survived . ’ |
29 | ‘ My parents do not share the same repulsion of apartheid that I do . |
30 | I know I 'm sixteen and old enough to get married but my parents do n't want me to get married yet . |