Example sentences of "does [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend . |
2 | This gives us , if we know the date of the award ( which is easy to discover ) , the exact date of all the external fences or hedges , but it does not tell us the date of the internal fences on the bigger allotments . |
3 | The council tax will treat widows unfairly in the same way , because it does not give them the discount that they deserve . |
4 | In these stories the young characters learn that their greater physical power does not give them the right to treat the little people as playthings or inferiors . |
5 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
6 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
7 | An order for specific performance is one which requires the seller actually to deliver the goods and does not give him the option of paying damages instead . |
8 | ‘ Her Majesty is paying your bills now , not the State , but that does not give you the right to behave any way you like . ’ |
9 | Your card does not give you the right to overdraw your account . |
10 | The mixture of an SD1 engine , Range Rover flywheel and exhaust in a Range Rover does not give you the power that you might expect , so be careful when mixing engine components such as flywheels , camshafts , distributor and carbs from different engine applications . |
11 | While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
12 | The approach taken here does not afford us the luxury of such explanations : we must seek the reason for the peculiar distribution of the infinitive with perception verbs in the passive voice in the meaning expressed by the sentence . |
13 | Whilst you 've suggested everybody else has a right to their opinion and does n't make yours the solution ! |
14 | Saturday you wo n't admit you 've made a mistake or that you 're in the wrong , while Sunday you will be hurt and offended by someone who does n't show you the respect you feel you deserve . |
15 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
16 | ‘ Philippe does n't give me the impression of being exactly hard up , ’ retorted Melissa , thinking of the designer suits and the new luxury Peugeot in the garage . |
17 | Just because the guy can drop names we have all heard of and used to know Bruce McLaren does n't give him the right to bore us every week . |
18 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
19 | He said , but he said it does n't give us the excuse of not paying the invoices on time , and he said erm I have warned him for it this morning and he said he will process it , and he said the cheque will be in the post here on Monday . |
20 | Does n't give you the size of |
21 | ‘ That does n't give you the right to make free with me whenever you choose . |
22 | ‘ Well , even if they are , that does n't give you the right to poke your nose into my affairs ! ’ |
23 | Look , I appreciate the use of the bathroom , but that damn well does n't give you the right to stand there with that superior look on your face , lecturing me as if I were a child . ’ |
24 | That still does n't give you the right to treat me like a child , ’ Robyn persisted . |
25 | Obviously you 're annoyed about that letter you received — but that does n't give you the right to vent your spleen on me . |
26 | ‘ That does n't give you the right to dictate to me . ’ |
27 | but er , he does n't tell me anything , he does n't tell me the gossip |
28 | it does n't tell you the number it went to . |
29 | The final question Chairman , there 's a lot of er , facts here with no remarks against them under the premises and involvement like here on page three , number fifty nine , Mental Health Act , the National Assistance Act , Health and Safety at Work Act , it does n't tell us the type of premises or what in so I say , well what involvement do we have with the Mental Heath Act for example ? |
30 | It does n't bother me the way it did the first time . |