Example sentences of "they [verb] n't [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They they change everything over do n't they , they they do n't do this and they do n't do that . |
| 2 | You see they do n't want finicky stuff , they want er a large pay packet fo , er stamping er envelopes . |
| 3 | So they decided that once the christening party was in the hall which was gon na be three o'clock , they did n't stand much chance of erm |
| 4 | They they when when I was younger used to go regular but they did n't go regular you know as years advanced . |
| 5 | ‘ They did n't go much pace but as soon as Wally ( Swinburn ) asked him I thought he would win , ’ said trainer Michael Stoute . |
| 6 | Perhaps wisely they did n't react either , as farmers gathered noisily in the streets . |
| 7 | In the end , where it was necessary to decide compromises , with such issues as who could use women 's and lesbian and gay centres , behaviours often had to be allocated the moral high ground on highly pragmatic criteria : that they were private , or that they did n't involve conspicuous clothing , for instance . |
| 8 | If they did n't bring any dinner of their own . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe they did n't think that was worth a car . ’ |
| 10 | The rest of the professional ladies were slumped around the telly in see-through armchairs , watching some kids ’ show called Cyclopaths , about a bunch of motorsickle chappies who went around slaughtering people they did n't think much of . |
| 11 | and they heard this crack , and they did n't think much about it , just as , Rita said what you doing ? |
| 12 | Well we were disappointed in the Good Report because er they did say it was one of the major issues , and yet they said that they did n't think any sweep in changes are needed which rather erm contradicted the earlier part of our report , we would have thought there were erm changes needed . |
| 13 | ‘ After all , you do n't find conductors like Toscanini , De Sabata and Mitropoulos wasting their time on a work that they did n't think worthy of their efforts . ’ |
| 14 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 15 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 16 | Crusaders made all the running , but it was surprising they did n't score more goals and improve their goal difference . |
| 17 | Well yes we had you could see on some of them , they did n't want much to turn them on , you know there was two or three there and they they took some others with them of course then did n't they , you know . |
| 18 | They did n't want one of them hanging round Eileen , who was too young yet to know what a fool she was making of herself . |
| 19 | They did n't want small contracts — they were headaches . ’ |
| 20 | They did n't want that , so they filled his pockets with lead . " |
| 21 | And they insisted that they did n't want more drink simply because they 'd been drinking but because they just , well , wanted it . |
| 22 | They did n't want any cops pulling them over and asking them what they were doing with a man tied to a chair in the back of their truck . |
| 23 | They did n't want any more accidents . |
| 24 | Terry and Tom said that they did n't want any food and when they asked Brian , he refused to answer . |
| 25 | If the doctor 's right about the sandbag or lead piping in a sock , and from the look of things it seems right , they did n't want any blood . |
| 26 | Despite the elderly couple repeatedly telling salesmen Eric Stewart that they did n't want any windows he continued his talk and demonstration until 11pm . |
| 27 | They did n't fetch ten ye they used about fifty , or sixty , or seventy yearlings from Doncaster all in one special . |
| 28 | And they did n't do that for you . ’ |
| 29 | And going back to the taking of the bread to the erm er bakehouse erm if there was a fire going they did n't do that , because they were baked in the oven , but in the summertime we did it more often than in the winter , because if there was no fire you see , there was no gas cooker or anything like that , all the cooking was done on the coal fire and the oven at the side of it . |
| 30 | Erm they could have , to my way of thinking , have engaged in piecework or a reasonable incentive scheme , set with times and everything else , but er they did n't do that . |