Example sentences of "simply do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are whole areas here , Donald , where basic facilities such as water , for example , are in very poor supply or simply do n't exist at all . |
| 2 | Here it would be tempting to assume , whether modestly or angrily , that there is another group of readers — the sophisticated , the expert , the professional , for whom such problems simply do n't exist , or have long since been left behind . |
| 3 | As for internal dissent , ‘ We keep files on criminals , but mass files on ordinary people simply do n't exist . |
| 4 | And apparently this couple who desperately in China , you simply do n't do it , you have a wedding banquet and that 's all there is too it . |
| 5 | Before I start it is worth pointing out that this problem is largely restricted to the users of the Apple Macintosh — PC-based software running under either Windows or GEM seems to be rather better behaved although , in the case of the former , installing downloadable fonts is so much of a pain that many people simply do n't bother anyway ! |
| 6 | Many parents simply do n't bother . |
| 7 | You are an owl-and-lark couple , people whose biological clocks simply do n't match . |
| 8 | Simple documents such as a two-column parish newsletter or a flyer promoting a new sandwich bar or a college concert simply do n't demand the same degree of overall quality and items such as these are readily produced by programs such as Timeworks , GEM Desktop Publisher and Finesse . |
| 9 | Most people simply do n't make enough time to have physical time together , even it it 's just lying next to each other cuddling . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I simply do n't want the ball put at risk in areas where we are immediately vulnerable to counter-attacks and we must always be giving the opposition something to think about . |
| 11 | Kobena Mercer and Isaac Julien are right to emphasize that the complexity which arises at the junction of race and sexuality is something which ‘ some people simply do n't want to talk about ’ . |
| 12 | On the one hand you 've got guitar players who are very interested in the environment — after all , guitar players are artists , and artists tend to be more liberal and environmentally-minded than most — but on the other hand you have a lot of people who simply do n't want to be bothered . |
| 13 | And that 's something many fans simply do n't want . |
| 14 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 15 | The reason , of course , is that my garden is so packed with plants that the weeds simply do n't stand a chance . |
| 16 | Popular idiom has it that the four themes are very imperfectly combined in the family : ‘ children ruin a marriage ’ , ‘ sex and family life simply do n't go together ’ , and so forth . |
| 17 | He sought to focus attention on imminent economic recovery while Mr Kinnock said that after presiding over two recessions the Tories ‘ simply do n't deserve ’ to be re-elected . |
| 18 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 19 | And Esther , now , suddenly tired of the Italian economy , dismissed it and Charles ( 'You do n't seem to realize , Charles , that I live below the reach of the economy , as an economic unit I simply do n't exist' ) , and peremptorily turned on Liz , demanding to know details of the guest list . |
| 20 | The cuttings date back to the beginning of the 1980s : ‘ If you read these stories day by day , you simply do n't realise how many there are . |
| 21 | Once they 've completed their trip all they want to do is head off back home and they simply do n't devote the time , energy and money on clearing up . |
| 22 | But most workshops in developing countries can not meet these tolerances , ‘ so the spares simply do n't fit , ’ says Unwin . |
| 23 | ‘ Now I simply do n't think of you at all . ’ |
| 24 | You simply do n't think . |
| 25 | But no-one says anything about what to do , or whether to do anything at all , when you simply do n't miss it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Coincidences simply do n't happen in real life … ’ |
| 27 | I simply do n't agree with the contention that no case has been made . |
| 28 | ‘ I simply do n't see the point . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't blame Victor for being angry : I simply do n't know what happened to my tape recorder ; I 've never fouled it up before . ’ |
| 30 | One honest booklet on food and health explains , ‘ The main reason why there are conflicting views about the effect of food on health is that we simply do n't know all the answers yet . |