Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only put it on at night as my herons do n't seem to come in the day . |
| 2 | Secondly , although the anecdotal nature of my illustrations do not add up to a seriously informative lecture , with full classifications and statistical support , I do hope they identify areas of particular neglect in our English language studies , and suggest the fruitfulness of these topics for further work . |
| 3 | My fingers do n't work too well . |
| 4 | I 'd do it if my teeth did n't hurt ! |
| 5 | Rather self-deprecatingly , he reveals that : ‘ It became clear to me that my talents did not lie in selling . ’ |
| 6 | And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’ |
| 7 | He paused before adding significantly , ‘ My eyes do n't miss much . |
| 8 | I look out into the darkness , but my eyes do n't focus at first , as they are so fresh from sleep . |
| 9 | I did notice , however , that some of the wild plants and flowers that seemed to do well on my pastures did n't grow in other people 's fields . |
| 10 | My brothers did n't have to do housework ! |
| 11 | ‘ My parents do not share the same repulsion of apartheid that I do . |
| 12 | I know I 'm sixteen and old enough to get married but my parents do n't want me to get married yet . |
| 13 | My parents did n't want to let me go , but I begged them and promised to come back very quickly . |
| 14 | As my parents did n't like the idea of me going to live in the city on my own , they decided to move with me . |
| 15 | However , my concerns did not begin with coming to North Shields in 1977 . |
| 16 | My grandparents did n't push me towards academic life . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State for the Environment 's speeches today and during the Queen 's Speech were full of jokes and banter , but many of my constituents do not view the costly shambles of the poll tax as much of a laughing matter . |
| 18 | I want to ensure that my constituents do not lose the money that they are supposed to invest . |
| 19 | Frustrated by the confines of the stage , Flav and Chuck quickly mount the monitors , as Public Enemy turn the temperature up even further with a blistering version of ‘ Do n't Believe The Type ’ and an explosive ‘ Fight The Power ’ that sees Chuck spit out the admirable line , ‘ most of my heroes do n't appear on no stamps ’ with a real conviction . |
| 20 | Frustrated by the confines of the stage , Flav and Chuck quickly mount the monitors , as Public Enemy turn the temperature up even further with a blistering version of ‘ Do n't Believe The Type ’ and an explosive ‘ Fight The Power ’ that sees Chuck spit out the admirable line , ‘ most of my heroes do n't appear on no stamps ’ with a real conviction . |
| 21 | I was convinced that my feelings did n't matter and , anyway , I did n't really have any friends . |
| 22 | But the people in my plays do n't exist , ’ said Alison , ‘ they are fictional characters . ’ |
| 23 | As I represent 25% of the total population of women presidents to date , if my predecessors did not share my feelings a 25% opinion still deserves to be heard , and I believe that some of my successors may well be of the same mind as I am . |
| 24 | She 's found that my glasses did n't seem to be right . |
| 25 | " When I was dealing with the men personally I generally got them to see matters from my point of view , but unfortunately I could not stay in any one port for any length of time ; my subordinates did not have the same control over men as I did " . |
| 26 | ( My sisters did n't figure in the will . ) |
| 27 | My Lords for reasons that have already been explained to Your Lordships and which I will not pursue yet for , er it seems that everybody 's agreed that it is important that the erm local authority representatives should be in the majority and I have to admit that my amendments do not go that far because I was concentrating on getting the magistrates back where they ought to be , er but er that is one thing , the other is that it er was an interesting point that er the Noble Lord , Lord of Greenwich raised , that my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw er at columns four eighty and four eight one er questioned whether it was indeed appropriate that er the Home Secretary should make these appointments . |
| 28 | My in-laws did n't know — I did n't tell them . |
| 29 | ‘ My players did n't freeze at Anfield , and I know they wo n't be overawed about facing Liverpool again . |
| 30 | I was past putting the tent up , celebrating and wondering why my arms did not drop off . |