Example sentences of "[noun] do n't [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way , yer fellow shipmates do n't take the tar outta yer , and make yer life one long misery . ’ |
| 2 | We understand why Labour did n't win the election . |
| 3 | Well thank you Chairman , I have to go back to last Wednesday afternoon , when I had a telephone call from a reporter from the Eastern Daily Press asking me to make a statement on the press release by Suffolk County Council stating that the Bungay bypass has been abandoned well Chairman I have to say that I was somewhat erm put out , because I did I disappoint I think because they , the Highway Department did n't have the courtesy to inform me first , and you can well imagine how I felt er having received this news . |
| 4 | The Education Department did n't like the situation ; they did not co-operate with advice or materials as they had done in the past , and in fact the island 's Director of Education accused Mrs M of ‘ acting illegally ’ . |
| 5 | Bernice did n't like the sound of this . |
| 6 | For example , if your wall units do n't meet the ceiling , little-used dishes can be rowed up along the tops , or you could build extra cupboards in the gap . |
| 7 | All at once Shiona did n't like the look in his eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ I am surprised that dentists do n't advocate the use of fluoride tablets , ’ wrote a SHE reader recently . |
| 9 | Fand and Liban came behind , but their spears did n't light the way , only set confusing reflections in the walls . |
| 10 | ( However you might be surprised at how often these settings do n't include the language you expect to hear . ) |
| 11 | If all that money we gave to Band Aid did n't do the trick , it must be because there are just too many of them . |
| 12 | Dot did n't like the smell of old clothes nor of brick dust and escaping gas but she rarely wailed . |
| 13 | Dot did n't like the glass . |
| 14 | ‘ It might be reasonable to assume that Mr Goodhaven did n't set the trap himself , to persuade me of his innocence , ’ he said , writing ‘ Henry Goodhaven ’ on the list . |
| 15 | If groups like U2 do n't get the opportunity , through prejudice , complacency , cultishness , to move into view , the vibrancy and challenge of recent pop will steadily deteriorate . |
| 16 | ‘ The Quintans do n't have the voc-voc-vocabulary to adore our Emperor , do they ? ’ |
| 17 | Some tab-labs do n't get the formula right , either by mistake or as an experiment . |
| 18 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , as I 'm always sayin' to me old Dutch , what the eyes do n't see the 'eart do n't grieve about , and a bloke 's got to make a livin' some'ow . |
| 20 | ‘ Ken did n't like the director at all , ’ says Codron today . |
| 21 | Well Ken do n't like the woman anyway , does he ? |
| 22 | I 'm afraid some of the other women he played around with when we were having one of our squalls did n't understand the situation . |
| 23 | By this time , some are up to 14″ — but because the original outlay on stock did n't break the bank , Ken can offer them remarkably reasonably-priced . |
| 24 | Those bigfoot noses do n't hit the spot . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Wright did n't ring the bell or knock , she took a key out of her pocket and opened it . |
| 26 | The additional organisational problem is to have the video equipment you need set up so that recording and playback sessions do n't disrupt the working of the other groups . |
| 27 | Rex did n't like the look of that one little bit . |
| 28 | Warner Brothers did n't like the idea because of litigation etc . |
| 29 | Even if the Fanatics do n't hit the enemy they will block his line of advance while you get stuck in elsewhere with your best troops . |
| 30 | Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase . |