Example sentences of "it does n't work " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , if it does n't work out , come back and see us and we 'll try to do something for you , OK ? ’ |
| 2 | The contrast with Yeats is instructive , and it does n't work in Pound 's favour . |
| 3 | In a place with an acoustic as dry and an atmosphere as worldly as Birmingham Town Hall it does n't work . |
| 4 | It does n't work on a movie set . |
| 5 | Except that it does n't work like that . |
| 6 | It does n't work if you cook the two together , for gin is exceptionally fugitive . |
| 7 | To a boy who declares himself stuck about what colour to use , he says : ‘ Well , Sickert said that when in doubt put a little of the last colour into the next colour you use , and that gives harmony : it does n't work to use a colour in isolation — white and black are the two parents , red in isolation can appear like a wound in the picture — it 's like friendships , we all know the awful consequences if a new person joins a group and the friendships are n't mixed through , it 's the same with colours . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If they fall into the sea we 'll know it does n't work and we wo n't go . ’ |
| 9 | When it does n't work they turn away , none the unhappier it would seem . |
| 10 | You can always tell when a short story is drifting towards a novel , and that 's when it does n't work . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , perhaps , it does n't work that way as most younger teens show a commendable desire to make up their own minds on subjects such as this . |
| 12 | People promise permanence and fidelity , and often it does n't work out . ’ |
| 13 | The only problem is that the terminally ill patient has in effect lost his autonomy , and it does n't work for him , and that 's what the bill is all about . |
| 14 | But it does n't work — what few gags there are get lost in dull and lifeless acting . |
| 15 | In brief , it does n't work . |
| 16 | This time he simply said ‘ It does n't work ’ and walked off to another activity . |
| 17 | Unfortunately it does n't work like that — you know that two cars of the same make will drive in more or less the same way , but two horses of the same size , shape and age can be totally different . |
| 18 | It does n't work for me . |
| 19 | Kevin would either lock into it or he 'd miss , but you 've got to let these people do what they do and if it does n't work , it does n't work . ’ |
| 20 | Kevin would either lock into it or he 'd miss , but you 've got to let these people do what they do and if it does n't work , it does n't work . ’ |
| 21 | But it does n't work like that : we live in a society where pornography takes most of the burden of talking about sex and where talking about sex is considered pornographic . |
| 22 | It does n't work that way . ’ |
| 23 | If you get thwarted or it does n't work out , c'est la vie . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It does n't work like that . |
| 25 | A losing attitude means that if you try something and find it does n't work , you beat yourself up , give yourself a hard time and do n't try again . |
| 26 | And because this is a strong push for influence , it does n't work with people who are keenly aware of their position above you in a hierarchy , and who need to feel very much that they 're the boss . |
| 27 | Something inside says ‘ You ca n't say it that way , it does n't work ’ and so we change it . |
| 28 | It does n't work like that , for the past is past for most of us . |
| 29 | And if it does n't work , then I think that you just have to end it . |
| 30 | If it does n't work because I ca n't carry the experiment through ’ — I shrugged my shoulders — ‘ it would n't be worth starting on . |