Example sentences of "you do [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 There was a brief silence , then Hawkins said : ‘ I do n't want to complain , Denholm , but you do rather tend to complicate matters . ’
2 There 's always screws standing outside there , like there 's always screws lining the routes to work making sure you do n't stop to talk to anyone .
3 You do n't stop to realise the problems women have got . ’
4 But if you are deaf , you do n't stop to make the comparison .
5 mm you bring your book cos you do n't think to look at the card
6 You do n't mean to say they 're sleeping together ? ’ he whispered .
7 You do n't mean to say that this chap Edward Lazenby we keep reading about and hearing on the radio is the same chap as that persistent creep Teddy who used to edit Focus when we were at Cambridge ? ’
8 ‘ You ca n't — you do n't mean to say you 're giving in to Narouz ? ’
9 Suddenly Rain laughed : ‘ Paul , I hope you do n't mean to swap this inconclusive stuff about knives for any worthwhile information I might have .
10 You do n't mean to tell me you had n't thought of interviewing her ? ’
11 ‘ Listen , you do n't mean to tell me that everyone around here gets their reports in this form .
12 Now you 've got it , most of you do n't bother to use it .
13 You do n't bother to try and prove yourself .
14 When you follow the F-Plan menus you can hardly fail to increase daily dietary fibre intake considerably even if you do n't bother to count the grams .
15 It ought to make you feel ashamed , Sebastian , to think half the time you do n't bother to make use of all the facilities that are offered to you — you just take it all for granted .
16 You do n't appear to have a problem with your boot ROMs , which ca n't be altered anyway .
17 You do n't appear to have used this for some time . ’
18 You do n't appear to have any qualms about spending the weekend with him , or flaunting your relationship in front of her day by day .
19 and he said oh you do n't go to do you ?
20 I think if you do n't go to train and still find your way into the profession some of the essential things you need to know about and be able to do will take that much longer to achieve .
21 And you do n't forget to mind your blooming manners while you 're at it . ’
22 Higher , higher rate , rate , well you do n't start to pay that until you 've exceeded the twenty three thousand seven hundred plus your personal allowance , so y you your basic rate of tax goes to twenty three seven hundred then you can add , add on your basic allowance , and for most people if they 're earning er a single person twenty seven and a half and married person twenty eight and a half above that you 're paying higher rate tax .
23 But you do n't want to rubbish someone 'cos you 're not into what they 're into …
24 Oliver said : ‘ Look , you do n't want to treat a thing like this too lightly .
25 Now , you do n't want to talk about your wife or about yesterday …
26 ‘ But you do n't want to talk business , do you ? ’
27 ‘ What I feel you are saying to me is that this previous relationship is something you do n't want to talk about in front of Tom .
28 ‘ Is it the fact that he rambles on that bores you , or the fact that you do n't want to talk about what life 's about ? ’
29 Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ?
30 Look , I know you do n't want to talk about it , but I think this spell of being apart will do us lots of good .
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