Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a dry shave does n't always give him the results he wants . |
| 2 | But a dry shave does n't always give him the results he wants . |
| 3 | Brown Owl did n't really have to ask ! |
| 4 | The rubber hose did n't actually get used , but it was waved around a lot . |
| 5 | It is tempting to write ‘ If I had my way , I 'd fire all the staff and start all over again ’ , but top management does n't usually look very kindly on this kind of approach . |
| 6 | Her attempt at a light laugh did n't quite make it . |
| 7 | An officer on an accompanying ship did n't quite see it that way . |
| 8 | High pay does n't actually mean that , that everybody is less wealthy , it generally means that people are more wealthy . |
| 9 | We want to take some control and show Dillons what can be done and that too cautious buying does n't necessarily pay . ’ |
| 10 | The real battle has n't even begun . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , it er portrait really is the right sort of subject to , to try out this kind of technique because er , it does n't have impact , and here because the green and the erm er , this , th for want of a better colour , it 's really red , it 's a sort of purply colour , they 're very dark and th the , the actual head does n't really stand out very much from the from the background , I think the background |
| 12 | Of course noise suppressors are a great idea , but clean sounds and those with light or medium distortion do n't usually need suppression , so this can get in the way of the signal . |
| 13 | The story of the real church does n't quite end there . |
| 14 | The SSSI status does n't automatically protect the Meadows from development . |
| 15 | She told me this when I was very small , so I 've always known my real mother did n't just give me away . ’ |
| 16 | A coronary thrombosis does n't exactly leave a guy feeling perky ! ’ |
| 17 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 18 | Narrow driveage does n't necessarily mean then that there are coal pillars either side . |
| 19 | For when Erik and her husband , Trevor , from Oxford , eventually decided to tie the knot after living together for eight years , the prospect of a conventional white wedding did n't even enter their heads . |
| 20 | Her conscious mind did n't even register it , nor the weeds of blue awareness that tangled at the edge of her mind . |
| 21 | On the other hand , the standard position of finance theorists that hard capital-rationing does n't really exist , because funds can always be raised where prospects are good , needs to be softened . |
| 22 | ‘ I bet you did n't know the Scotch thistle does n't really grow all that much in Scotland at all . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Human nature does n't always change , does it ? ’ said Henry absently . |
| 24 | So hard water does n't readily form a lather with soap , right ? |
| 25 | You may be okay , you may not be okay , you 've got two recessives per human figure , you 're not er , all one can say is genes are kind of heaped together and natural selection does n't really care . |
| 26 | And if that word , if that tiny little word did n't really mean anything , why did it hurt so much that he had n't used it ? |
| 27 | " The locked door does n't necessarily signify . |
| 28 | He had already put out feelers with local employers but they had n't been too keen on employing a well-known agitator ; even those who seemed sympathetic to the anti-nuclear cause did n't actually have work on offer . |
| 29 | As it was , the functional off-loading did n't really get going , so these departments ended up huge in policy terms but huge in functional terms as well . |
| 30 | ‘ Your little idea did n't quite work out , did it , Willi ? |