Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] it [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | No they do n't they cross over and they tangle up but once a branch starts off it does n't join on to another one . |
2 | well he 's going through it and he said well it looks alright to me and I say well it does n't look as if it 's connected , any way I won , I could see why then it did n't look connected |
3 | I do n't know why it does n't crop up because it 's cheaper than an ordinary one , so why it does n't |
4 | and I said would you integrate so it did n't stand out sort of too obviously four X cubed minus X times X squared . |
5 | ‘ We walked out to show them that good manners matter and when a function says 8pm it does not mean 9pm . |
6 | ‘ I use the most simple or most complex equipment available — frankly , I think cameras are boring — they 're like a gun , if it shoots O.K. it does n't matter what it is as long as it can do its job . |
7 | The wire is guided down the hole as the lid closes so it does n't obstruct anything inside the box ; lift out trays can be fitted flush to the top of the box . |
8 | I ca n't understand why it do n't get on her nerves , but you |
9 | Now I ca n't see why it does n't make sense , but if Jim came to me and said , look Hugh , that 's bloody silly . |
10 | So I guess morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |
11 | You know , I do n't feel myself anyway I ca n't I ca n't get through to anyway I 'll try so it does n't matter . |
12 | The trick is if you go away it does n't look like you have , and erm the same thing happens in a design studio , or if you 're the art director of a publication or of a book publisher , that everybody works together so it looks like it 's not all the same person doing everything . |
13 | You have asked why it does not give you what you require . |
14 | They state that crime did not rise then , and they ask why it did not rise then . |
15 | Keep the roller wet so it does n't pick up lumps of macadam . |
16 | Erm I think really it did n't say anything very constructive because it seems to me that the local council county council has n't grasped the nettle and got all the private contractors together to make a reasonable service . |
17 | I mean I was the on I was the only black guy in the regiment erm for a very long time and erm you know it did n't it does n't matter what colour you are erm apart from my case , there was if you was erm if you were slow on your runs or you was n't good at at cleaning your kit you would get bullied . |
18 | So ours must have cost , I 'm sure that would cost them a lot more than thirty pounds cos it did n't it did n't say a wrought iron wheelbarrow or anything , it just said a wheelbarrow |
19 | it 's no good saying to someone come on you should know this if they do n't it does n't help does it . |
20 | So I do n't it do n't bother me . |
21 | This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense . |
22 | Its vast size probably explains why it did not sell and , as it cluttered up his hallway for some time afterwards , Minton later gave it to the Royal College student and animal illustrator John Norris Wood . |
23 | The Jitters is what the City is said to have when it does n't like what the Government is doing . |
24 | I wonder why it does n't work |
25 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
26 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me before . ’ |
27 | The Bank said yesterday it did not believe there was any case for giving extra compensation to UK depositors beyond the statutory deposit protection scheme . |
28 | But it does n't it does n't take from the point that I made that it is i i the allocation they 're seeking is aimed at a very specific sector of the employment base . |
29 | You know it does n't It does n't like look too much like the standard Dutch . |
30 | They said well it does n't matter , you know , you 'll pick that up as you go along , so I was really thrown into the secretaryship you know . |