Example sentences of "people do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Where I spend my time people do n't bother . ’
2 The doors have locks , but a lot of people do n't bother using them .
3 Most people do n't bother to go .
4 People do n't bother to say " hello " or " thank you " .
5 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 .
6 I know a lot of people do n't bother .
7 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 .
8 I said , well some people do n't bother .
9 The report says young people do n't choose to be dependent on others .
10 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 .
11 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
12 Proper country people do n't do this .
13 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 .
14 But a lot of other people do n't do much work .
15 People do n't do that .
16 People do n't do as they say they will do .
17 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 .
18 Well I 'm surprised people do n't do that .
19 Yes , that 's right , a lot of people do n't do that , and it 's so simple is n't it .
20 When it comes to promotion , the Disney people do n't miss a trick .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 People do n't stop changing and growing just because they are married .
24 However , they are usually symptomatic of something else ; people do n't set off for work with the intention of causing a communication breakdown .
25 I do feel vulnerable when I go out though — people do n't treat me as someone special , they laugh at my size . ’
26 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 .
27 ‘ Anyway , ’ he adds , ‘ yoghurt is made with bacteria — but people do n't walk around the place saying ‘ Look , I 'm eating germs ! ’ '
28 ‘ 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 .
29 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 .
30 Most people do n't care if they live or die , but a few are willing to risk imprisonment by going on to the streets to hand out clean syringes .
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