Example sentences of "they certainly do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , their aversion to being in a small cage appears to increase during the initial three months of caging , so they certainly do not adapt quickly to these restrictions . |
| 2 | They certainly do not justify Geoffrey Cowley 's absurdly optimistic claim in Newsweek that , ‘ They have since dispelled any doubt that apes can really understand signs ’ ( Cowley 1988 : 54 ) . |
| 3 | They do not panic when they do not understand every word , and they certainly do not think there is a fault in their own language knowledge . |
| 4 | languages are differently equipped to express different real-world relations , and they certainly do not express all aspects of meaning with equal ease . |
| 5 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 6 | They like being flattered , or congratulated , or encouraged : they certainly do not like being put down . |
| 7 | Our four English mystics may lack the imaginative and mythical depths of the great Kabbalists and Sufis , they may not be as daring and extreme as Eckhart and they certainly do not have the lyrical passion of the sixteenth century Spanish mystics St Teresa of Avila ( 1515–82 ) and St John of the Cross ( 1542–91 ) , but they bear witness to the profundity and intelligence of the new English spirituality of their day . |
| 8 | They certainly do not have the right to use their members ' contributions without their expressed permission , to subsidise the publication of a magazine which would otherwise be quite incapable of competing on a purely commercial basis . |
| 9 | We return to this point directly , but must first remark that , even if these adjectives do modify the verb , they certainly do not have the status of adverbs . |
| 10 | As I mentioned before , vitamins are chemically very unstable and they certainly do not take well to this sort of treatment . |
| 11 | These comments may well apply to English , and perhaps even a large number of languages , but they certainly do not apply to all . |
| 12 | The ones you can get for lunch — there are plenty — will likely forget every word you tell them , and they certainly do n't feel obliged to help . ’ |
| 13 | My farmers are very responsible about this , they do n't want counter demonstrations against the French here ; they certainly do n't want a tax on French lorry drivers here , we 've had one or two of those . |
| 14 | I 'm not saying it 's hard work , like working on a farm , but they certainly do n't give everything to you on a silver platter , ’ she added as her name was called for yet another fitting . |
| 15 | The British murmur ‘ You must come and stay with us some time , ’ and when they part they say ‘ Let's keep in touch ’ and they certainly do n't mean it , but it greases the wheels of intercourse . |
| 16 | And when they say ‘ I do ’ they certainly do n't mean forever , a survey reveals today . |
| 17 | There 's been no guidance from the government , but they do n't certainly they certainly do n't seem to be against mixed ability teaching . |
| 18 | There 's been no guidance from the government , but they certainly do n't seem to be against mixed ability teaching . |
| 19 | They do n't really care enough about industry , and they certainly do n't understand that our timescales are quite different from theirs . |
| 20 | And they certainly do n't have a low opinion of him either ! ’ |
| 21 | a great great save at this time in the game , they certainly do n't wan na concede a goal now . |
| 22 | They certainly do n't know that they 're bidding against a phantom bid or they would n't bid ’ , he said . |
| 23 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 24 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 25 | You need to find your own level with the person , and they certainly do n't need your comment on every single thing that they do . |
| 26 | ‘ They certainly do n't help the official gain and retain control . |
| 27 | They certainly do n't look too cheerful on their way out . |
| 28 | I do not think those were happy times in Emerson 's marriage and they certainly did not enhance his general image in the sport . |
| 29 | But the lords of rail , mine and steel-mill can not really have expected to look paternally over their workers ' shoulders at all times , and they certainly did not do so . |
| 30 | Further , they certainly did not succeed in swimming against the deep tide of recession which engulfed Nigeria from 1983 onwards . |