Example sentences of "[verb] they do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just by naming them does n't commit them to do anything , they may say Well he never asked me I 'm not doing that . |
| 2 | And handling them does n't get any easier . |
| 3 | They were the school caretakers but my job helping them did n't last long . |
| 4 | well they 're alright , but I mean you can tell they take the grease out of the kitchen , but , they 're a bit of a bind are n't they ? of all the cleaning and I mean I do n't see why the people who make them do n't sell the blimming proper filter to filter themselves instead we do n't have |
| 5 | The presuppositions of a modifier can not be pinpointed in this way , because a head which exactly duplicates them does not yield pleonasm . |
| 6 | A few weeks later there appeared a letter to the then prestigious Pall Mall Gazette from Sickert praising the move because there are more clothed than naked people in the world , they display a greater variety of shapes and colours , drawing or painting them does not require the high temperature ‘ which is extremely injurious to young people , and to women of whom the classes largely consist ’ and , most piquantly , because ‘ the absence of the nude model will eliminate a certain number of students who are drawn by mere curiosity . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 8 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 9 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
| 10 | I think they 've filled it in yeah and they did it quite smooth , pity they did n't do this one as well while they were I did n't quite understand it |
| 11 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
| 12 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 13 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
| 14 | Hey how do you know they do n't do it every night ? |
| 15 | Er quite right , people do n't know , and if they do know they do n't care some of them . |
| 16 | Er you , you s a lot of them people did apply but er they just did n't you know they did n't get in . |
| 17 | It is a situation of great humiliation for women when they realise they do not possess their bodies except in relation to a man who might give them something — either children or some economic advantage . |
| 18 | I do n't want to stand in the doorway and shake hands but it 's a great feeling to go into one of the restaurants and realise they do n't belong to the GrandMet or Imperial , but they are mine ! ’ |
| 19 | How come they do n't go ? |
| 20 | " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely . |
| 21 | The fact that you can place objects of the correct size in position also means that the program will help to avoid the heavy work of moving furniture or fixtures and fittings only to find they do n't fit . |
| 22 | Some suffer side-effects from drugs only to find they do n't work anyway . |
| 23 | Do you have any guidelines , as I do n't want to do lots of work , only to find they do n't like them ? |
| 24 | Parson Woodforde , visiting a Norfolk warehouse containing 380 poor in 1787 , found they did not look " either healthy or cheerful " . |
| 25 | Those who had come to New England to have an opportunity to practice their own approach to religion , and then found they did not agree with the views held by those who were in power , had a more serious problem . |
| 26 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 27 | But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility . |
| 28 | Despite being very nicely presented in a slip binder with well printed manuals , shame they did n't follow the ‘ industry standard ’ for size , the first thing the new user sees is a license agreement that effectively disclaims all responsibility for anything . |
| 29 | The father of seven has called for the teacher to be suspended but education officials say they do not plan any drastic action . |
| 30 | They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France . |