Example sentences of "the [adj] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John believes that women of the 90's do n't have time to spend hours fussing with their hair . |
| 2 | The economic conditions of the 19705 do not lead to optimism if one continues to hold this view . |
| 3 | Funny how the rich do n't carry cash . |
| 4 | ‘ Very soon this city will burn with the fires of revolt if the rich do not get off their fat arses and do more to help ! ’ |
| 5 | The rich do not dare to be alone at night in their grand houses : who lurks to rape around the panelled corners , swings to attack from the ropes in the work-out room ? |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , most of the unemployed do n't live on it because they ca n't . |
| 7 | Because the unemployed do n't have their own political resources , there is no popular campaigning focus for the minimum income needed for participation in the life of a community . |
| 8 | Perhaps most important of all is the clear and simple fact that the vast majority of the unemployed do not want ‘ political ’ classes . |
| 9 | Accounting for the flop of his latest film , ‘ Last Images of the Shipwreck ’ , on the home market , an Argentine director said simply : ‘ The shipwrecked do n't want to see the shipwreck . ’ |
| 10 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 11 | Perhaps the English do not know what an immense treasure they possess in having maintained the choral tradition in colleges and churches , since it provides an unsurpassable musical training , an important number of truly fine choirs , and , finally , the possibility to experience ( and for the listener , to enjoy ) repertories that the long-suffering Spanish enthusiast scarcely knows since they are not performed [ in Spain ] . |
| 12 | The English do not seem to have taken this too seriously ; the fyrd , or coastal militia , was disbanded and the fleet paid off at the most crucial time in late summer , only to be hastily recalled when Harold Hardrada , the Norwegian king , invaded the north . |
| 13 | The English do n't talk about things , they make an atmosphere . |
| 14 | I wanted to write books about psychiatry and the English do n't like that . |
| 15 | With budgets of around £50,000 , the preference was for gentle tales with a non-urban setting such as The Brave Do n't Cry ( 1952 ) , about a Scottish mining disaster ; Conflict of Wings ( 1953 , Fuss Over Feathers in US ) , in which East Anglian villagers fight for the cause of bird sanctuaries against the needs of the RAF ; Judgement Deferred ( 1951 ) and Brandy for the Parson ( 1951 ) , both of which are smuggling stories . |
| 16 | The British do not have the best reputation for language skills , in fact , we probably have the worst . |
| 17 | The British do not like that . |
| 18 | Well thank you , I , I 'll leave to Norbert the handling of the artist 's side of this , but as to the amateur sportsman , I know this is a very familiar and accepted notion among us , that the British do n't take sport seriously enough , but I wonder if it 's not one of the many self-delusions that we suffer from . |
| 19 | I wonder the British do n't bath in it as well , thought Sally-Anne naughtily , but she was grateful for the extra cup , and for the sandwiches which Miss Mates brought in with it for them both . |
| 20 | I thought I heard him say that there was some discretion in this matter , if the French do n't go ahead there is some discretion on the part of the British government , I thought it was automatic that if the French do n't ratify then we wo n't be able to ratify . |
| 21 | I thought I heard him say that there was some discretion in this matter , if the French do n't go ahead there is some discretion on the part of the British government , I thought it was automatic that if the French do n't ratify then we wo n't be able to ratify . |
| 22 | Of course , the French do n't call the stretch of water between England and the rest of Europe ‘ the English Channel ’ . |
| 23 | Although he warns against treating France as an extension of the British market , he dismisses the view that it is an awkward place to do business : ‘ There is a market for everything in France and the chances are that the French do n't need any British imports — it 's a question of making it worth their while . |
| 24 | The French do not revolt because they have nothing to revolt about . |
| 25 | ‘ The French do not betray what they have learnt until the despatches reach our embassy . ’ |
| 26 | So if the French do not forget , the British should remember their scientists too . |
| 27 | Even if the French do not succeed in their present bid to take over the last of the great American GA manufacturers , Piper , it 's hard to see what there is to stop them in their quest . |
| 28 | If the French do not ratify these proposals as may appear likely now er how late can the minister leave it before he informs the people that they must fight the European elections on the old boundaries and not the new ? |
| 29 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
| 30 | If the French do not proceed erm as they are indicating , what happens then to the status of our own constituencies . |