Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour did n't work hard enough at prising off that glove ; at challenging Thatcher 's theology of individual self-sufficiency ; instead it rejected the radical compassion of international socialism for the gloss and shine of Thatcher-style politics . |
| 2 | My father had er , horses at that time and my uncle out at Holt , he had some horses they were talking about this one day and uncles would say well a horse did n't work nearly as hard with that road 's were nice and solid . |
| 3 | Wallace 's angled runs were badly missed : - the Whelan/Deane partnership did not work at the beginning of the season and never looked like it last night . |
| 4 | I wanted him to keep it going in case football did n't work out . |
| 5 | She tried the switch , but the light did n't work . |
| 6 | The Samsung monitor and video card do n't work brilliantly together ; nevertheless the screen is good . |
| 7 | The programme did n't work particularly well , it was pretentious and chaotic , and the audience was so noisy you could n't hear the performers or the presenters , but it did try to get away from conventional gender roles as well as subvert the arts programme format . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the injection did not work and despite much medication to calm his heart , he passed away in the early hours of the morning . |
| 9 | that spring did n't work the one we had did it ? cos it |
| 10 | The Lamarckian effect did not work , and the only conceivable mechanism of evolution was the natural selection of variations arising spontaneously in the germ plasm . |
| 11 | So Sarazen took on a young caddie , who , it transpired , seemed to do all the things that even the caddies of today would not dream of doing , like pulling the clubs without consultation with Sarazen , and then , if the club did not work , telling Sarazen he had just hit a bad shot — it was not his club selection at fault . |
| 12 | It is this new emphasis that causes such anxiety and guilt to those for whom self-healing does not work . |
| 13 | The word ‘ appears ’ is used advisedly because , although computers have been used to show that the equation does not work for values of n up to several thousand , no one has yet been able to prove for certain that there is no number n greater than 2 for which suitable values of x , y and z can not be slotted in to produce a valid equation . |
| 14 | Smacking does n't work , either , because she just learns that you 'll hurt her if you catch her doing it again . |
| 15 | If a gentle tap with a hammer does n't work , open the tap fully , unscrew the easyclean cover , pack two pieces of wood underneath it and tighten the tap head down . |
| 16 | If this scenario occurred often enough , you would have taught her that , if whining does not work , a noisy tantrum will do the trick . |
| 17 | But what if you plunge it into the fixer and the chemical does n't work ? |
| 18 | Despite the effort expended on getting public areas right , many guests see only the lobby and their bedroom ; and if the bedroom does not work or the decor is offensive , the guest will not return . |
| 19 | So if that if that 's a right angle only if it 's a right angle cos Pythagoras 's theorem does n't work if it 's not then we 've got the easy way to remember Pythagoras is long equals medium plus short . |
| 20 | But as you say , switch off first and then still use a stick or something to get them away because it maybe the switch does n't work and maybe that 's why they 've been electrocuted in the first place . |
| 21 | Experts say the virus being blamed for the outbreak does n't work that quickly |
| 22 | Very roughly , Fodor argued that this kind of blanket objection to representational theories of mind does not work against the mental-sentence kind of theory for the simple reason that we know just what it would be like for a system to work on the mental-sentence principle . |
| 23 | There seems general agreement that the mind does not work like a camera , faithfully recording everything in front of its lens , for apart from the discrimination of sensations and the filtering out of some of them , the information that is passed on undergoes considerable re-organisation and change so that there is always a discrepancy between the sensory input and what is perceived . |
| 24 | But what if the child 's mind does not work orderly ? |
| 25 | Do you think the institution does n't work otherwise ? |
| 26 | So do n't be put off when your first attempt does n't work . |
| 27 | Fraud does n't work that way , you do n't get the fraudsters rushing in and saying here 's the evidence Mr auditor , get me . |
| 28 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
| 29 | After installation , if the monitor does not work at all , check that the card is firmly pushed into its slot . |
| 30 | No it was n't it was me cos I was saying that if yo , if your pen did n't work . |