Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] they [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | She warned her successors ‘ to be jolly careful they do n't give government too many extra powers and undo what I 've done ’ . |
| 2 | Trouble is if they get so much they do n't use it . |
| 3 | Her feet and hands were so cold they did n't seem to belong to her , but that was nothing to the coldness inside . |
| 4 | It seems their relationship was so informal they did n't even bother to exchange surnames , ’ she added bitterly , before thrusting a slip of paper into Gina 's hands and continuing bleakly , ‘ Wendy wrote down the address of the flat for me . |
| 5 | Obviously both so drunk they did n't even understand correctly spoken English . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm so pleased they have n't put the cottage on the market because that would leave it empty . |
| 7 | CONTESTANTS on TV 's Bullseye are so thick they do n't have IQs they have Low Qs . |
| 8 | Erm , but the , they were totally honest they did n't feel |
| 9 | Nigel also told every journalist proudly that he was ‘ married with one son ’ , although he made damn sure they did n't interview him at home , where they might meet his wife , or worse still , her friends . |
| 10 | Because when my government does see the pattern — you 're quite right they do n't want to see it right now and my D-G is n't helping them — but when these people do the next thing , and it 'll have to be something big — they 're up against a deadline on Berlin they 've already escalated it from forged documents to drugging people to shooting them God knows what comes next well when something new happens the lone psychopath theory will be dead , dead , dead . |
| 11 | And traditionally , I find , British parents tend to erm say on the one hand we 'll let the school get on and do their professional job — I find it quite depressing they do n't ask for more say in the organisation , but they do demand , quite rightly , the right to criticise when things go wrong . |
| 12 | But electors ca n't be ordered around in the way Labour Party members can , and they have made pretty clear they did n't like the result ( neither do Labour Party members , which is why they have left in droves ) . |
| 13 | ‘ George did n't want to put the business at the cottage to them , you can see why , and it 's pretty clear they do n't want to believe in a conspiracy anyway , even when they knew about the Reznichenko Memorandum . ’ |
| 14 | Anyway , when the ambulance men came we made them a cup of tea , cos they said they a they 'd have been that busy they have n't had a break ! |
| 15 | They 're not very flattering they did n't er , you were n't rated very highly I 'm afraid I think er you tried to get away from the traditional type of |
| 16 | Shame about that bungalow next door but one , cos that 'd be a nice bungalow but it 's not very lovely they do n't look after it very well . |