Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb -s] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 2 | The Skein of Geese does n't come cheap , for a start … . ’ |
| 3 | The occult power of dictators does n't lie in the fact that they 're clever they 're frequently quite limited , and I think Milosevic is a very limited man but in the fact that they can draw a great number of people and even whole nations into the circle of their mad ideas . |
| 4 | Just because the distribution of this information may be restricted to your own staff or a close circle of customers does n't mean that you should n't pay attention to its style or presentation , far from it . |
| 5 | If your block of flats does n't have a door telephone entry system fitted , talk to other tenants and ask your landlord to have one fitted . |
| 6 | Calling the most important political movement since the rise of Socialism a load of eco-freaks does n't give you any credit and just gets me annoyed . |
| 7 | ‘ The divine right of kings does n't mean you can pinch my soap , ’ Fairbrother had snarled , and the three other boys in the wash room had been electrified by such dazzling insolence . |
| 8 | ‘ The flair for getting away with things does n't descend unto the second generation . ’ |
| 9 | Program Manager , the default shell for Windows does n't suit everyone 's way of working , and it is true to say that the Windows desktop can become cluttered with myriads of overlapping windows and dialogue boxes . |
| 10 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |
| 11 | Being responsive to parents does n't mean the development of a situation where ‘ parent always knows best ’ about the education of the children and the way that the school should be run . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ Getting used to things does n't make them any better , does it ? |
| 13 | Paper suitable for inkjets does n't have to be expensive — I get very good results with cheap photocopier paper . |