Example sentences of "[n mass] do [not/n't] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None of my business , mind , but with your mam gone folk do n't think it proper . |
| 2 | The Armaments Inspectorate at Nuremberg , commenting on the successful concealment of preparation for the invasion , noted that ‘ the concentration of numerous troops in the eastern areas had allowed speculation to arise that significant events were afoot there , but nevertheless probably the overwhelming proportion of the German people did not think of any warlike confrontation with the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ British soldiers are the best in the world , ’ a schoolmaster told his class , adding , for the benefit of the Kindertransporte pupils , ‘ You people did not think we had it in us . ’ |
| 4 | It 's a useful way of getting a perspective on the present , to realize that people think and feel in such different ways , in totally alien ways , that are completely unsympathetic , which is why feminism is an interesting development , because the ability to read something written in a totally patriarchal tradition , and to make the sympathetic adjustment , giving him his due , recognizing that he could n't have thought what you think , because people did n't think like that then … . |
| 5 | The idea , too , that ‘ people did n't think like that then ’ is significant ; we do not know , of course , how many people at a certain point in a history were ( for example ) feminists , who were prevented from writing about their views , or whose writings have been forgotten or lost . |
| 6 | Nice people did n't think about such things , which was why child-abuse and wife-beating went frequently unremarked . |
| 7 | ‘ Several people did n't think I was seriously going to take part , but it was really good fun , ’ she laughed . |
| 8 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , we can not blame the system altogether , as many people do n't think ahead and make the provision they could for a reasonable income in retirement . |
| 10 | After all , most people do n't think much of Liverpool as a place to work and live in , though I think it 's fantastic and I live in greater style — in the wing of a large Victorian house — than I could in the South . |
| 11 | People do n't think great , this is the , this is the ideal sort of government |
| 12 | You know , there 's a lot of symbolism that really has been lost , people do n't think about in the wedding service , but is underlying , you know , until fa fairly recently a lot of people promised to obey , erm , look at Prince Andrew and that when he got married , you know , erm , the Duchess of York actually promised to obey him |
| 13 | is n't forever and people do n't think often enough |
| 14 | ‘ People do n't think when they 're in love , ’ said Betty . |
| 15 | People do n't think it , but there is . |
| 16 | People do n't think the Editor would have the nerve to challenge him about it . |
| 17 | Although job sharing has become more popular in recent years , many people do n't think of suggesting it , which is a shame because the benefits to both mother and employers are huge . |
| 18 | Now people do n't think it 's fanciful . ’ |
| 19 | Yes so you 're paying it in directly but people do n't think that way . |
| 20 | ‘ People do n't think twice about kissing babies , sharing towels and sharing toothbrushes , ’ says the doc . |
| 21 | So 's so 's people do n't think we 've nicked it . |
| 22 | Most people do n't think that children should be represented in Parliament by children . |
| 23 | Peter Jones who 's the deputy director of the traffic studies department at Oxford University and the author of the report says that people do n't think the rules governing parking are strict enough . |
| 24 | Too many people do not think about where would be best to sail and invariably head straight for the coast in an effort to make progress . |
| 25 | Most people do not think of the Department of Social Security as a great taxing Department , but it raises enormous sums that go into the national insurance fund to pay benefits . |
| 26 | Orton and his staff did n't think of a ghost until a reporter from Utah joked about the possibility . |
| 27 | YANKS FOR THE MEMORY:Ray Mathias ( above ) and the rest of the Rovers coaching staff did n't think Agoos would make the grade , but the 22-year-old full-back made a brief mark at Prenton ( above right ) |