Example sentences of "not [conj] they [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first comment was : ‘ I have n't seen much of Matthew recently ’ — as though they had n't happened to meet in the street for a week or two — not that they had n't spoken for nearly thirty years . ’ |
| 2 | Not that they have n't known each other usually for years , but such formality has its necessary place , for there are again the exceptions . |
| 3 | The doctors and the teachers and the artists — not that they have n't their traitors , but what hope there is , is with them — with us . |
| 4 | Yeah , I mean I The important thing is I think the children do recognize the differences , not that they do n't notice the differences , because they 're Like you say they 're capable of using the other if it if it suits them . |
| 5 | Not that they did n't work ; it just seems that teaching machines have no charisma or charm . |
| 6 | Not that they did n't have an appreciation of the arts because they were a very musical family . |
| 7 | It was not that they did n't know about the brain . |
| 8 | ‘ Not if they do n't know about it . ’ |
| 9 | Not if they do n't work or something , do they ? |
| 10 | Mother says : People only lose because they 're not strong enough , not because they do n't want to fight or are n't good at fighting . |
| 11 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 12 | Limited — not because they did n't want to care , they just did n't know how to care for this type of patient … . |
| 13 | erm and er in the meantime , we had some lino down on the kitchen last year and they keep saying they 're going to send a new one and they have n't and they have n't . |
| 14 | Now Sir Frederick , recently the police have made great strides forward in encouraging women to come and report rape because until recently they did n't and they did n't want to they did n't want to face the shame and they did n't want to face everything else , Sir Nicholas and and again his wife which is the most worrying I think of this a women saying that that that women deserve to be raped , erm it 's going to make women less likely to come forward is n't it ? |
| 15 | cats and dogs being in the country there , were always about , the cat starts to go out just the same as the dogs did , they did n't and they did n't , even when we inherited that old , old tom cat in Sussex , he stayed with us and he , he mangy old thing was n't he , in one of the stables never accursed to me to . |
| 16 | You ca n't because they have n't got another job . |
| 17 | Some people ca n't because they have n't got enough money . |
| 18 | No , they did n't because they did n't finish till half five they did n't get here till I got soaked yesterday morning ! |
| 19 | It 's no good depending as Owen said waiting for people to fit lights themselves , they wo n't because they do n't think accidents can happen to them . |
| 20 | It 's much easier to get good marks on a short answer question than it is in theory to but most people do n't because they do n't apply the correct technique so to writing short answers . |