Example sentences of "they [adv] do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Eddie Gray is an occasional Radio 5 match commentator and does a lot of sports writing in the upmarket tabloids ( I do n't read them so do n't ask me which one ) . |
2 | ‘ You can even cheek your teachers and some of them just do n't do anything , you know . |
3 | But the people who are running them often do not know of each other 's existence , or if they do , they find it difficult to cooperate with one another . |
4 | right leave them here do n't forget Christopher though will you , what time is it ? |
5 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
6 | at the end and they perhaps do n't bother quite so much and |
7 | They perhaps do n't eat much . |
8 | What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise . |
9 | They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires . |
10 | Meanwhile I noticed my friends paddling by smiling , laughing and waving at me as they obviously did not realise why I was screaming as loud as I possibly could . |
11 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
12 | ‘ They obviously did n't want me , so I wo n't apply , ’ he said . |
13 | I do n't think they s th th they obviously did n't see it in , in quite the terms that |
14 | They obviously did n't mind the isolation . |
15 | I was disillusioned with all the experts who 'd been predicting one thing or another ; they obviously did n't know any more than anybody else . |
16 | but erm I , I mean I , they obviously did n't say oh no that 'll be a rotten idea , so |
17 | They obviously did n't like it , there was nothing dif , there was n't definitely said but there was some |
18 | They do n't look real , anyway ; they are all thin , spotless , and they obviously do n't do anything practical ( like walk around , for instance ) . |
19 | They obviously do n't mean anything to you , so it looks increasingly as if this whole business must have been a dreadful mistake . |
20 | And they obviously do n't think caused by pressure . |
21 | But they obviously do n't pinch them do they cos |
22 | They obviously do n't like him do they ? |
23 | They obviously do n't have any foxes in SW France ! |
24 | They obviously do n't teach you manners in Somerset . |
25 | Many of the shops are branches of multiple stores and , though their managers sometimes take part , they obviously do not have the same interest in it as the traders who were born and bred in the town . |
26 | But they all did n't come at one time , they were always had new ones coming again . |
27 | On the one hand , it may well be felt that an old person 's wish to stay with a carer should be respected unless their mental state is so gravely impaired that they literally do not know what they are doing . |
28 | But you see , Gianluigi 's cousin works in the museum and they 've got so much stuff there they literally do n't know what to do with it all , it just sits and rots in boxes in the cellar , no one ever sees it . |
29 | they apparently do n't go on stage till half past seven |
30 | However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds . |