Example sentences of "[n mass] [adv] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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1 | The data above do not give much direct information about timescale . |
2 | I felt a wee bit sorry for the driver — reindeer probably do n't drive like that — but this was London and if you ca n't stand the heat , leave the wheels at home . |
3 | Our data therefore do not support the hypothesis that transferring to human insulin by itself alters the frequency or experience of hypoglycaemia . |
4 | Incremental transfers of data therefore do not reflect module name deletion . |
5 | Some folk just do n't know what to be at . |
6 | Some folk just do n't get a choice . |
7 | The colour photos I have seen of this fish just do not do him justice . |
8 | • When you bring fish home do n't just add them straight to the tank . |
9 | But those statistics alone do n't tell the full story , for throughout the match he totally out played his opposite number Stuart Barnes and literally never put a foot wrong . |
10 | The differences were beginning to be explained , although these statistics still do not say why Rochester was so out of line . |
11 | However , Townsend 's response would be that true deprivation is indicated by the fact that choice in matters of style of living is an issue that does not arise among the poor : for example , three million people presumably do not choose not to heat the living area of their homes in winter ( see Mack , 1985 ) . |
12 | This is a side of Russell which people perhaps do n't know about , erm so well as the others , so if I may , I 'll read some passages and paraphrase it . |
13 | In a clear sense , people apparently do not use all the information available to them to interpret these sentences , at least in certain contexts . |
14 | Yes indeed , he said , the problem is that people just do n't realise the incredible temperature of the sun , and how hot a body can get inside one of these things . |
15 | But often , so drab is he that even when he barges into the pub waving a bottle of paraquat and shouting I dun n it , people just do n't want to know . |
16 | The point of that scene , and of this whole great play , is to examine the strange moment when great people just do n't have it any more . |
17 | ‘ People just do n't crave vegetables or a slice of wholegrain bread , ’ says nutrition expert Audrey Cross . |
18 | ‘ People just do n't want to be part of a world that does n't have comparison , or spontaneity , where playfulness is just limited to football and sex ! |
19 | I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’ |
20 | ‘ Young people just do n't like it any more . ’ |
21 | People just do n't think . |
22 | If you begin by believing that everyone 's looks are individual and accepting that there are some colours or product formulations that people just do n't like , then you have to start from a completely different selling point than the traditional cosmetic houses . |
23 | It could be that the recession is biting , and that people just do n't have the kind of money to spend on records that they used to . |
24 | I think you find most actors and actresses agree that the hardest thing sometimes is just to be yourself , because most people just do n't know who they really are . |
25 | You see what happens here , people just do n't seem to care . |
26 | If you do n't have a pleasant manner and if it looks as if you have no spare cash , people just do n't want to deal with you ; it 's not a viable proposition . |
27 | that erm , people do n't necessarily go on this , but er , it 's probably more or less typical of rural areas , where , where people just do n't feel that there 's any hope here . |
28 | In general , though , the best reason for avoiding serious abusive stuff is that most people just do n't like seeing it . |
29 | I do n't think Jennifer even hears from them any more … it 's sad really how people just do n't want to know … ’ |
30 | These people just do n't care who or how many they kill , ’ Mr Templeton said . |