Example sentences of "[noun pl] and does n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burger was n't here this afternoon ; he 's a bit doddery on his legs and does n't get about much . |
| 2 | He 's lost the use of his legs and does n't get about much but Uncle went to see him two or three times a week . ’ |
| 3 | Or else she is so indifferent to the feelings of other people that she simply shrugs her well-fleshed shoulders and does n't give a damn who she hurts in her pursuit of thrills . |
| 4 | Insurers say a non-smoker is someone who has not puffed the weed for 12 months and does n't plan smoking again . |
| 5 | A magazine that virtually invented the ‘ designer ’ lifestyle of Soho and Covent Garden , but which operates from the light-industrial slums of London 's Farringdon Road ; which obsessively dissects the most costly clothing , but whose editor , Sheryl Garratt , is a friendly size 14 in sloppy shirt and leggings ; a paper that lists 40 smart writers on its masthead — but buys in their columns and does n't employ them on its staff . |
| 6 | 10.30am and a waif-like girl trudges on stage to explain she 's lost her parents and does n't know what to do . |
| 7 | The Prime Minister is clearly now on the ropes and does n't seem able to fight back . |
| 8 | WordPerfect 5.1 does n't recognise TrueType fonts and does n't work well with Adobe Type Manager . |
| 9 | Staff at the Maison Blanche hospital found that although Danielle seems to be a deaf-mute , she is not familiar with hearing aids and does n't know how to lip-read . |
| 10 | Staff at the Maison Blanche hospital found that although Danielle seems to be a deaf-mute , she is not familiar with hearing aids and does n't know how to lip-read . |
| 11 | ( Though sources say it wo n't be able to run SCO Xenix binaries and does n't include a C compiler . ) |
| 12 | Also , it has no night-time curfew ( resulting in 24-hours ' daily operation ) or noise abatement procedures and does n't experience air traffic congestion problems common to some other airports . |
| 13 | Which tells us how to determine our housing requirements and does n't ask us to take into account restraint in North Yorkshire . |
| 14 | ‘ John goes for the foliage and I buy flowers ’ said Claudia , who likes bargains and does n't mind a few surprises . |
| 15 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 16 | vox.a woman sez she does n't like chemicals and does n't want to use them . |