Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [pers pn] do not " in BNC.

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1 Because they are highly volatile they do not leave a permanent mark on paper , and unlike fatty vegetable oils , essences have the consistency of water or alcohol and are not greasy .
2 Nathan hated them because they implied that he was terribly little and when you are terribly little you do n't want the world to keep pointing it out to you at every opportunity .
3 ‘ Sometimes you are so nice I do not want to kill you , Mr Wilson ! ’ he said .
4 I hope we develop those that are so interesting you do n't want to put it down . ’
5 CONTESTANTS on TV 's Bullseye are so thick they do n't have IQs they have Low Qs .
6 ‘ Sometimes they 're so quick you do n't even see them . ’
7 They just want their friends to say , ‘ Oh , but you 're so pretty you do n't need to lose weight … ’ in other words , they need reassurance .
8 If they 're totally wrong I do n't generally bother .
9 Because when my government does see the pattern — you 're quite right they do n't want to see it right now and my D-G is n't helping them — but when these people do the next thing , and it 'll have to be something big — they 're up against a deadline on Berlin they 've already escalated it from forged documents to drugging people to shooting them God knows what comes next well when something new happens the lone psychopath theory will be dead , dead , dead .
10 ‘ Unless you 're absolutely obsessed you do n't get a look in . ’
11 She warned her successors ‘ to be jolly careful they do n't give government too many extra powers and undo what I 've done ’ .
12 Mother and lots of other people would say we were too young to love truly , they would have us wait for our ‘ years of discretion ’ ; at what age one is supposed to be abnormally discreet I do not know , all I know is that I have not arrived there yet , and I hope I never will .
13 I 'm so pleased we do n't have to sleep in here .
14 Then he would pause and say , ‘ I 'm so glad we do n't have Prime Ministers like that today . ’
15 I know I 'm doing wrong to bother you , but I 'm so worried I do n't know what else to do .
16 I look like shit because my mind is on higher things , because I 'm so busy I do n't have time to wash my hair , because if you really love me you 'll love me like this as well .
17 Ha I 'm just glad I do n't juggle with chain sa , chain saws !
18 Indeed and one of the points can be more difficult you do n't know
19 I mean , I 'm well aware you do n't have to face single-handed and prattling , blowing your own cor-anglais and generally acting up before a captive crowd of thousands .
20 I 'm quite sure I do n't
21 I 'm quite sure you do n't mean it , but I — ’
22 Yes , well just er briefly Chairman I 've seen the television cameras being set up on Mutford Bridge , so I 'm quite certain you do n't want to prolong this meeting and er in case they go away .
23 Bruno never takes an opponent for granted but said : ‘ I saw the tape of Coetzer 's fight with Bowe and to be quite honest I do n't think there 's any problem with him .
24 I do n't to be quite honest I do n't think there 's anything left of .
25 mi er to be quite honest I do n't believe it !
26 I do n't to be quite honest I do n't think there 's anything left of .
27 think were erm well to be quite truthful I do n't know how they managed to exist on it and have a little bit for the occasional treat , erm or to have a a packet of cigarettes or whatever .
28 The prices of alarms , as well , you 'd be quite surprised they do not range from a thousand .
29 Actually sometimes I 'm pretty glad I do n't remember things like that .
30 I think we have to be very careful we do n't take reactions which actually negate some of the work and the common sense that has been undertaken at the moment .
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