Example sentences of "it do not [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He said , it do n't matter a pick . |
2 | it do n't mean a thing really , but |
3 | Can hear it somewhere but , still it do n't make a difference does it ? |
4 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
5 | THEY 'VE been together now for 25 years … and it do n't seem a day too much . |
6 | Well it do n't seem a lot of point in wasting petrol to come |
7 | but it , it do n't ring a bell with me |
8 | The hon. Gentleman 's authority — Neath — has a debt of £25 million on its housing revenue account , yet last year it did not redeem a penny of it . |
9 | The volume , at HK$2.12 billion ( £160m ) , was marginally higher than it was in trading on the market on Tuesday , but it did not suggest a rush of sellers . |
10 | It did not suggest a wound of honour or an injury sustained for political conviction . |
11 | It differed from The Wedding Present 's title in that it did not contain a comma . |
12 | He was a strong young man and because the passport was wet , it did not make a sound . |
13 | The world did not stop in its tracks when it happened , it did not pause for breath , it did not miss a heartbeat . |
14 | The statement of 12 January 1987 was completely consistent with Zaidie 's evidence on incidents ( a ) to ( e ) , except that it did not mention a threat in connection with incident ( d ) . |
15 | It switched the action from London to Australia , although somewhat surprisingly it did not involve a dingo or a randy member of the Neighbours cast : ‘ A man killed himself yesterday , minutes after disrupting a lingerie fashion show hosted by Australian model Elle Macpherson . |
16 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
17 | For the doctors agreed it did not hurt a baby to cry ; it only hurts grown-ups to listen to him . |
18 | It did not generate a framework that would help us understand the nature of continuity and change in Britain . |
19 | During negotiations between Syria and Israel the head of the Syrian delegation , Muwaffaq al-Allaf , was reported to have raised immediately the issue of UN Resolution 242 , stating that Israel continued to distort the interpretation of the resolution by claiming that it did not demand a withdrawal from the occupied territories . |
20 | But it did not throw a spotlight on the inadequacies or otherwise of British weapons and equipment , apart from obvious shortages of transport aircraft and ageing of her amphibious shipping . |
21 | ‘ The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
22 | He had read the script of Five Easy Pieces , whose title , it did not need a genius to work out , was designed to link back to Easy Rider ( though there were no physical connections whatsoever , apart from Nicholson himself , and the thematic stance of Easy Rider . ) |
23 | It did not include a threat to cut off aid to governments guilty of human rights violations , although the UK reportedly had made such a threat outside the conference . |
24 | Another Italian scheme which attracted attention , although it did not receive a prize , was that submitted by Edward Middleton Barry . |
25 | Iraq was in an easier position concerning Palestine since it did not share a border with Israel . |
26 | Its excuse was that it did not have a computer programme that would fit the bill . |
27 | Due to the way in which he handled its introduction , it did not have a cat in hell 's chance of succeeding . |
28 | The only redeeming feature of a goalless , worthless event at Stamford Bridge was that it did not require a grant . |
29 | It did not require a genius to discover that there had been a structural failure of the right stabiliser in down-load while the aircraft was on final approach to land and that fundamental to the failure was a massive fatigue fracture of the rear spar of the stabiliser emanating from the hole of the eleventh fastener on the forward flange of the stabiliser chord . |
30 | In the real world it did not require a superman to beat Mr Kinnock . |