Example sentences of "people just do n't [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 erm there it is very difficult , all the cases we work with are fairly miscellaneous , so therefore have very individual problems , you know , that are different every time , so the anger is going to be different , but we come down to a lot of fundamental erm similarities erm often to do with bureaucracy and structures erm which people just do n't fit into , you ca n't force people to fit into boxes .
2 People just do n't think .
3 Yes indeed , he said , the problem is that people just do n't realise the incredible temperature of the sun , and how hot a body can get inside one of these things .
4 These people just do n't care who or how many they kill , ’ Mr Templeton said .
5 But often , so drab is he that even when he barges into the pub waving a bottle of paraquat and shouting I dun n it , people just do n't want to know .
6 People just do n't want to be part of a world that does n't have comparison , or spontaneity , where playfulness is just limited to football and sex !
7 If you do n't have a pleasant manner and if it looks as if you have no spare cash , people just do n't want to deal with you ; it 's not a viable proposition .
8 I do n't think Jennifer even hears from them any more … it 's sad really how people just do n't want to know … ’
9 Some people just do n't want to sell and we can only pay the going rate .
10 If you 're a bully , people just do n't want to know you . ’
11 that erm , people do n't necessarily go on this , but er , it 's probably more or less typical of rural areas , where , where people just do n't feel that there 's any hope here .
12 People just do n't crave vegetables or a slice of wholegrain bread , ’ says nutrition expert Audrey Cross .
13 I mean some people just do n't expect you to let them out so they 're dreaming mostly .
14 You see what happens here , people just do n't seem to care .
15 The point of that scene , and of this whole great play , is to examine the strange moment when great people just do n't have it any more .
16 It could be that the recession is biting , and that people just do n't have the kind of money to spend on records that they used to .
17 ‘ Young people just do n't like it any more . ’
18 If you begin by believing that everyone 's looks are individual and accepting that there are some colours or product formulations that people just do n't like , then you have to start from a completely different selling point than the traditional cosmetic houses .
19 In general , though , the best reason for avoiding serious abusive stuff is that most people just do n't like seeing it .
20 I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’
21 I think you find most actors and actresses agree that the hardest thing sometimes is just to be yourself , because most people just do n't know who they really are .
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