Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House Speaker , Tom Foley , and the Senate majority leader , George Mitchell , have urged him to reconsider his stance — even though they concede they do not have the votes to override a veto . |
| 2 | they sell them do n't they ? |
| 3 | They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France . |
| 4 | Or at least they say they do . |
| 5 | ‘ They do n't really want somebody with my background , even though they say they do . |
| 6 | It remains true , nevertheless , that if the members of the school wish , as they say they do , to write ‘ total history ’ , they must perforce deal with the relations between the properties of social wholes and those of individuals , which are the main focus of concessive holism . |
| 7 | When it is fortified by ‘ in-depth ’ interviews , and addressed to the intensive observation of what people actually do as well as what they say they do , sociological research merges indistinguishably with the work of social anthropologists . |
| 8 | So they , they have that , they , they say they do n't need unions because they 've got a good working relationship . |
| 9 | Although people do not always do what they say they do , where there is a mismatch between what they do and say , we can assume that there is some reason for this . |
| 10 | Here at the city 's Tourist Office , they say they do n't want to sell it . |
| 11 | They 're lying if they say they do n't . |
| 12 | what the hell are you doing , you give them that and if they say they do n't wish to be on the tape you have to erase their voice . |
| 13 | Cos they say they do n't get paid enough money for the N H S. |
| 14 | They say they do n't like this , used to like nuts . |
| 15 | They say you do n't have to understand it to enjoy it . |
| 16 | And besides , if it 's all rigged like they say you do it 'll already be arranged for us . |
| 17 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |
| 18 | It is a situation of great humiliation for women when they realise they do not possess their bodies except in relation to a man who might give them something — either children or some economic advantage . |
| 19 | They show everybody do n't they ? |
| 20 | they put everything do n't you at first when you go up there all the family there . |
| 21 | Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah . |
| 22 | Maybe we just had a little bit of pressure , but that 's good players , they punish you do n't they , top players ? |
| 23 | Yeah they look they do look comfortable but |
| 24 | They complain they do n't get any information . |
| 25 | Comment : Self-deprecating stories are often funny , and get us liked by others as they indicate we do n't take ourselves too seriously . |
| 26 | They know they do n't have to endure it , and they know , too , that they do n't have to get married . |
| 27 | They may want men in their lives , but they know they do n't necessarily need them . |
| 28 | They , they know what they have to do to protect that stock , to protect their life 's interests and they , and they know they do n't need to be told really by any officer here who are not in that not , not in that game , what they have to do that 's what they 're asking us to do and they certainly asked us to do that on the erm , on the tour of county farms that we had only , only a few weeks ago . |
| 29 | You see , they know him do n't they ? |
| 30 | apart from your parents and you think they 're wonderful , you know , they know everything do n't they ? |