Example sentences of "children [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You must n't mind if the children do n't stay very long when they come , Jack .
2 Parents need help with their own lives so that their children do n't suffer from the unemployment and homelessness that contribute to ill health and an unsafe living environment that too many children have to live with today .
3 But now she wants to make sure that all windows are fitted with locks so that other children do n't suffer the same fate .
4 If the if they 're provided with the right kind of teacher then I think the pupil will be given that opportunity if it 's , the potential is there to bring it out , but you some of the children do n't want to learn well that 's not the fault of the school !
5 Even though the children do n't arrive until 9.15am , Sarah starts work at 8.15am .
6 You try to make sure that your children do n't miss out .
7 It does matter that children do n't leave a drama lesson believing that Cromwell 's army used bazookas and machine guns !
8 Now , of course , it is taught in schools along with English — which most children do n't speak until they start their education .
9 And here 's the record A Hundred Children do n't forget the er the C D By Request it 's it 's just out and it got to number one this morning in the video charts .
10 Country children do n't lead the idyllic and untrammelled lives many townies imagine .
11 £500 fine if children do n't belt up
12 She says parents should make sure their children do n't use the machines for long periods unsupervised .
13 Firstly , we are , we 're trying to ensure that wherever possible , children do n't come into care , and we 're spending a lot more money than we used to in keeping out of care ; helping families etc .
14 The other children do n't trust him — they do n't mind watching him being horrible to other people but they 're afraid of Gowie being horrible to them .
15 But children do n't die in factories any more .
16 We like the green landscape , the simple food , the reserved people , and our children do n't wilt in the heat as they would on the Amalfi coast .
17 Well , I think the children do n't like being taken into care , for the most part .
18 But , says Libby Purves , children do n't like to be pushed and their skills will grow naturally if you give them gentle encouragement and lots of opportunities
19 My children do n't like me going out after dark in case I get stabbed again .
20 So children do n't have to live with their families .
21 Children do n't have any particularly different rules — they just emphasise the need to be conscious of the way that LM 's work .
22 If the children do n't have the skills , knowledge and attitudes that can be reasonably expected , or records of achievement indicate , then the teacher ought to complain .
23 Children do n't have as many inhibitions and for them acting is an innate ability .
24 ‘ Ah , ’ the cynics have said , ‘ But then children do n't ask awkward questions . ’
25 Decorative wooden decoy ducks are also touch enough to be handled by toddlers , although you must make sure the children do n't put them in their mouths — the same goes for all painted ornaments .
26 She confesses to thinking more now about her social life , and marriage and children do n't seem quite so remote from her dreams but her temporal desires remain on the backburner still , sacrificed for a higher purpose : the music and anyone who attempts to dig for a Máire , a Sinéad , or a Mary Couglan should be arrested for indecency .
27 Some children do n't seem to do as much if their parent is on the premises so maybe parent help in the classroom should be restricted to only some activities , at specific times .
28 Other teachers report that children do n't know how to play .
29 When teachers give them a few simple objects ( cardboard boxes , old clothes , bits of material , and the like ) which could be the basis for playful construction , the children do n't know what to do .
30 He disapproves of bribery : ‘ Children do n't need to be saddled with the nagging aspirations of parents who expect little Johnny to do everything they did plus everything they did n't manage to do . ’
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