Example sentences of "they do [not/n't] even " in BNC.

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1 So in earnest are they that they do n't even recognise that being in earnest is the act .
2 They do n't even go to the train place — they go the other way , and up the driveway and out of the station .
3 Someone 's chucked it down there and they 've gone off and forgot it and they do n't even know who I am .
4 That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid .
5 ‘ When they get home at 5.45 they can switch off , they do n't even have to think to watch Neighbours .
6 For every complaint that you have there may be 20 dissatisfied people that have n't actually come up to the school to make their feelings known — they do n't even tell you that they are upset .
7 I 'd run away if I could , but I 've no money of my own ; they do n't even give me an allowance , but pay all my bills for me .
8 On the other hand , this point of view has to be balanced against those who protest that they only ever see politicians at election time and that if they do n't even call then they are undeserving of a vote .
9 They 've signed a treaty of surrender , and they do n't even know it . ’
10 They do n't even play a blinding Boomtown blend of past happy pop styles , excusable because of its patchily irresistible presence and selfish impact .
11 And they do n't even need special tracks .
12 They do n't even have the excuse of poverty for their addiction . ’
13 They do n't even know it exists .
14 Actually they do n't even manage that ’ ( 1971 : 90 ) .
15 Many immigrant starlings pass through Shetland , particularly during the autumn migration period , but they seem not to mix with our birds — probably they do n't even speak the same language !
16 In the wake of Wang 's going Chapter 11 , a bon mot dropped from Scott McNealy 's lips to the effect that things are so bad in Massachusetts now they do n't even bother to plough Route 128 when it snows .
17 How you doin' ? ’ and they do n't even look at you when they 're taking your money .
18 They do n't even know anything about the war .
19 They do n't even know about that .
20 But then they do n't even seem to have wondered before what they themselves feel about the matter .
21 The blacks do n't — they do n't even have an illusion of power .
22 They do n't even have anger .
23 They do n't even sell white heather any more or tell your fortune .
24 They do n't even wear them .
25 They do n't even have basic maps .
26 I think it 's too alien for men , they do n't even have period pains .
27 ‘ These men , ’ said a teacher , ‘ do not even speak in Castilian , but in slang ; sometimes they do n't even know how to write , and can hardly read .
28 More than just that shop where you go in you can go all round and wander round and you do n't see anybody only filling the shelves up and half the time they do n't even , ca n't even advise you where to go can they you know .
29 Where , where can I find this you know , they do n't even know .
30 ‘ In and out without a by-your-leave , and they do n't even say goodbye . ’
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