Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't often get big sizes in them & I do n't think they did boys ' sizes in Dr. Martens — when they did , some girls wore them . |
| 2 | I 've forgotten when you said you 're going to Ottawa but if that 's really soon & I do n't hear from you before then , have a great time , I hope the meetings are short & the pints are big ! |
| 3 | You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’ |
| 4 | I mean , it could have very easily gone from there to everybody following a different path — going away from rock'n'roll and getting into jazz , or I do n't know what . |
| 5 | ‘ I command , or I do n't go . |
| 6 | Or I do n't think I want that new pair of jeans . |
| 7 | A small survey of drinkers ' attitudes ( see box , below ) showed that people thought reduced alcohol products were massively overpriced and an irrelevant halfway house ( ‘ I either drink or I do n't ’ was a typical comment ) . |
| 8 | I wanted to go into their clubs because erm I used to the , the Co-op , the dresses were a bit frumpy and er whether it was just er me , or I do n't know . |
| 9 | I , even as a friend and a colleague of the staff notice it strongly in little points of racism , all the time constantly there , it gets beyond a joke , I 've lost friends in the school or I do n't associate with certain members of staff purely because of the constant jibing which eventually gets beyond a joke . |
| 10 | I 'm not going to let her slide out of it or I do n't get my scoop . ’ |
| 11 | He put down the tray on the floor , and brought out her cap from the pocket in his coat into which he had stuffed it , saying , however , ‘ Let go your hair or I do n't return it . ’ |
| 12 | playroom , or I do n't know . |
| 13 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 14 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 15 | Or I do n't think so anyhow , we 'd 've nailed it together for him for nothing and |
| 16 | Well it er it will be wood but whether it 's covered over whether it 's wood grain or whether it 's white or I do n't know . |
| 17 | PASS EXAM OR YOU DO N'T GET A LICENCE ! |
| 18 | ‘ You either have it or you do n't . |
| 19 | Either you agree with it or you do n't agree with it . |
| 20 | You have to get yourself worked up a little bit , or you do n't give your best . ’ |
| 21 | I do not claim to be gifted — it 's just something you either possess or you do n't . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean you do n't like them , or you do n't think you ought to have them ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What is advantageous about cheaper guitars is that they tend to have one sound , and when you plug 'em in you either like the sound or you do n't . |
| 24 | You either accept their business and their slow paying habits or you do n't . |
| 25 | You either understand — and like it — or you do n't . |
| 26 | ‘ What , you do n't believe I can play or you do n't believe I play badly ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ With early Rubens ’ , says Goldner pithily , ‘ you either get it or you do n't ’ . |
| 28 | As a technical achievement Castle Master is a work of art , but at the end of the day you either like Freescape games or you do n't If you 're into this sort of thing , check it out — it 's the best yet ! |
| 29 | Either you have it , or you do n't . |
| 30 | You either win me in fair competition , or you do n't have me at all , and there 's my last word o n't . " |