Example sentences of "[adj] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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1 | That doth not smack of observation ; |
2 | Er no cos we 're what we 're gon na use the product that we 've got in and you need some do n't you ? |
3 | Yes we really need to do this do n't we . |
4 | You make lots of extra work for your Mum you do , when you do this do n't you ? |
5 | I do this do n't I ? |
6 | We 'll think about it and say ooh oh you have this do n't you ? |
7 | Do this do n't you ? |
8 | Right I 'm not giving you long to do this do n't waste time . |
9 | Well enough anyway , I mean I thought you were giving me something easier to do not |
10 | And she got right flummoxed did n't she ? |
11 | The towpath proper did n't start until a few yards further down where it angled away from the road and followed the river ; here it was marked by a narrow strip of waterside grass and trees that would immediately raise the cost of any overlooking property by at least ten thousand . |
12 | Mr Reed had to wait almost a year before serious preparation for the trial began , and the trial proper did not get underway until 11 February 1991 , by which time the judge had sat through four months of preparatory hearings . |
13 | The fact that she was free did n't alter Fen 's situation . |
14 | You have to give a little bit of er credibility there for people not being quite that dim do n't you ? |
15 | ‘ The English did n't seem to know right what they were doing . |
16 | But his main point was that the English did not settle in Gascony : ‘ no colonial dependency of England ’ , he concluded , ‘ has ever offered a similar parallel , nor , it may safely be said , ever will . |
17 | The English did not come . |
18 | Of course , that looks an impractical kind of position to us in the United States , but what 's always puzzled me is how you English do n't seem to share the view of the French . |
19 | I wanted to write books about psychiatry and the English do n't like that . |
20 | All I wanted to say was when you speak of ‘ collaborators ’ , you English do n't know what you are talking about . ’ |
21 | Ilsa accepted coffee , pleased that it was afternoon when the English do n't generally drink coffee . |
22 | The English do n't talk about things , they make an atmosphere . |
23 | The English do not seem to have taken this too seriously ; the fyrd , or coastal militia , was disbanded and the fleet paid off at the most crucial time in late summer , only to be hastily recalled when Harold Hardrada , the Norwegian king , invaded the north . |
24 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
25 | Perhaps the English do not know what an immense treasure they possess in having maintained the choral tradition in colleges and churches , since it provides an unsurpassable musical training , an important number of truly fine choirs , and , finally , the possibility to experience ( and for the listener , to enjoy ) repertories that the long-suffering Spanish enthusiast scarcely knows since they are not performed [ in Spain ] . |
26 | a little bit else about making it interesting do n't worry about yawning in my courses , at least it shows you 're still alive . |
27 | I 'm sure you 've also experienced sessions you thought something somebody 's delivered in one session and found it really interesting you 've got a lot from it , and yet somebody else comes into the same subject matter and you think that you know was n't very interesting did n't , you know , did n't , I did n't really wanting to learn . |
28 | The terms masculine and feminine do not refer to ‘ essences ’ , definite , unchanging qualities which exist independently . |
29 | Unlike Mazda the bankruptcy of the Sanko Steamship Co. in 1985 did not stir any great sympathy because the company management had a previous record of arrogance ‘ likened to that of a rowdy lone wolf refusing to line up with other shipping firms ’ ( FTW31/8/85 ) . |
30 | In those circumstances , the judge held that the provisions in the legislation of 1985 did not apply in the present case which continued to be governed by the Act of 1957 . |