Example sentences of "[pers pn] does [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 And , and we sort of no yours does n't necessarily apply to some people to say , they might just think , oh it 'll be
2 She does not principally want to know what the data signify in themselves but how texts reflect processes of communication , and how and why they were used to organise purposeful action , make valid claims , or to express feelings .
3 It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’
4 Amongst the working classes in this area , there seems to be no stigma attaching to a woman with a child she does not even know the father of ! ’
5 ‘ At the moment she does not even know where she was raped . ’
6 She does not quite look at him .
7 Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’
8 This means that they must on no account fail us , just as , to take a different level , the woman whose beauty we find captivating must be seen to maintain her attractions : so much so that we ‘ will ’ her to display a beauty that she does not always possess , or perhaps has never possessed .
9 Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind .
10 For , like the most envious of step-mothers , she does not really want to leave anything worth having to John Major at all ; she wishes to live in Thatcherland , surrounded by mirrors all perpetually claiming her to be the one and only .
11 The new mother is often terrified of making a mistake but she does not really know what is the best thing to do .
12 When she complains of the drudgery of studying sound changes , Bernard hints that she does not really have what it takes to be a scholar .
13 Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’
14 She does n't exactly live there , no , ’ he said .
15 She does n't particularly want to be a top model .
16 Janet Jackson is great , the way she dresses , she does n't just wear miniskirts like Sabrina or Sinitta , she wears trousers , baseball caps ; she 's more of a tomboy .
17 She does n't just carry a tune , she sends it by express mail and it seems to reach your spine long before your ears .
18 But Rainbow lives on the wrong side of the big white screen , and is a child of her time : she does n't just look before she leaps , but holds a seminar on the pros and cons .
19 Yuck , she does n't even make flowers and even if she did , she should keep her place in the garden with you lot .
20 She does n't even care that I 'm so depressed — I wish I were dead ! ’
21 She does n't even care for you .
22 She does n't even bring her dirty cups down .
23 He added , ‘ I suspect she does n't even feel particularly guilty .
24 She does n't even think about it .
25 ‘ I ca n't talk seriously with her about me being perceived as a ‘ heart-throb ’ — she does n't even watch Lovejoy all the time .
26 She does n't even like the term actress ( or actor ) , seeing herself more as a performer .
27 It was n't her reaction that I was wary of , it 's just that she does n't even know how she made her children so how was she going to understand what I was trying to tell her !
28 She does n't even know I can read her sub-text ! )
29 She does n't even know I 'm here .
30 She does n't even know yet that he 's back on the scene , let alone that he 's working with me , and as for anything else … ’
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