Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] n't [vb infin] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |
| 2 | Now jogging does n't give power to the big muscles of the body , it does n't do that so again you 'd you 'd have to be doing something which , that built up the power . |
| 3 | This suggestion might tempt those who notice that although we do normally accept without query a person 's description of his own sensory states , we sometimes object by saying , for instance , ‘ Surely that traffic light does n't look orange to you . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Ross does n't like visitors to the island , ’ Tony said in a quiet voice . |
| 5 | The council does n't expect Swindon to be ready for an assault on Britain in Bloom for some time , but it 's convinced all the effort 's worth it . |
| 6 | If video killed the radio star , then the continued survival of radio drama must suggest something , like radio drama does n't need stars to be good . |
| 7 | Surely Cynthia did n't fall victim to the same fear ? |
| 8 | A lot of people do n't come face to face with me here |
| 9 | This is because the denizens of the past did n't have access to the theory of cognitive metaphor , and that way of understanding language . |
| 10 | ‘ Doctors do n't have time to be beautiful , ’ Charity informed her ruefully . |
| 11 | Over 80% do n't have access to any help once they leave hopsital . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's one thing does n't make sense to me . |
| 13 | ‘ You know , if you read the collected letters of any writer — if you read her biography — you will always get a sense that there 's something missing , something biographers do n't have access to , the real thing , the crucial thing , the thing that really mattered to the poet herself . |