Example sentences of "people do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national liberal politician , Johannes von Miquel , wrote that ‘ the suggested constitution could not be compared with the Swiss or American model ’ , adding for good measure that ‘ great peoples do not copy ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Where I spend my time people do n't bother . ’ |
| 3 | The doors have locks , but a lot of people do n't bother using them . |
| 4 | Most people do n't bother to go . |
| 5 | People do n't bother to say " hello " or " thank you " . |
| 6 | Erm course on the other hand the optimists could say well the reason why people do n't bother voting is cos they 're all pretty happy with local government . |
| 7 | I know a lot of people do n't bother . |
| 8 | Approximately that now I 've it 's very y'know woolly , most people do n't bother but you should really do the scatter plot to see whether a relationship is linear as opposed to something like that which would be curvier linear . |
| 9 | I said , well some people do n't bother . |
| 10 | The report says young people do n't choose to be dependent on others . |
| 11 | Shuffling all those bodies about to get it all nice and tidy , I think would not only be an enormous exercise , it would be a waste of time , because people do n't stay fixed in aspic once you 've placed them in the right place ; they change , they progress , they regress or whatever . |
| 12 | people do n't stay out long , so you do n't get many people getting up to two or three years experience , the one 's that stay on that long stay |
| 13 | Proper country people do n't do this . |
| 14 | Some people do n't do anything — some people 's places really are n't clean … well , this one is n't very , but I keep it the best I can . |
| 15 | But a lot of other people do n't do much work . |
| 16 | People do n't do that . |
| 17 | People do n't do as they say they will do . |
| 18 | Recognising you 've got a problem is fine , but changing it is the hardest part and a lot of people do n't do it . |
| 19 | Well I 'm surprised people do n't do that . |
| 20 | Yes , that 's right , a lot of people do n't do that , and it 's so simple is n't it . |
| 21 | When it comes to promotion , the Disney people do n't miss a trick . |
| 22 | It 's not always that way , but we are absolutely sick and tired of it and it 's about and sisters , that whenever we come across it , we make sure that those people do n't continue that type of harassment . |
| 23 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 24 | People do n't stop changing and growing just because they are married . |
| 25 | However , they are usually symptomatic of something else ; people do n't set off for work with the intention of causing a communication breakdown . |
| 26 | I do feel vulnerable when I go out though — people do n't treat me as someone special , they laugh at my size . ’ |
| 27 | Then , if you need to move the table out of the way , you can raise the fitting up so that people do n't bump their heads on it . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he adds , ‘ yoghurt is made with bacteria — but people do n't walk around the place saying ‘ Look , I 'm eating germs ! ’ ' |
| 29 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 30 | A few points here , the quickest being that people do n't accuse their pop heroes of being racists when they make crap records , they accuse them of making crap records . |