Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Still , the blouse and skirt do n't look too bad , d' you think ? ’ |
| 2 | Labour did n't work hard enough at prising off that glove ; at challenging Thatcher 's theology of individual self-sufficiency ; instead it rejected the radical compassion of international socialism for the gloss and shine of Thatcher-style politics . |
| 3 | Many people felt that the Thorneycroft/Mountbatten reorganization did not go far enough , and that Service Departments should have been abolished and a completely functional organization adopted . |
| 4 | Ultimately there are more things in life than canoeing ; unfortunately we had allowed things to become part of what should have been a purely personal outing in a boat ; in doing this we had ensured that our attempt did not go ahead . |
| 5 | It also seems as if they are at last more prepared to listen to the needs of the local skaters and on top of this a local developer has pledged ten thousand pounds towards the new facility so the future do n't look so gloomy after all . |
| 6 | If the court on review believes that the requisite situation spoken of in the statute did not exist then the conclusion reached by the tribunal will be a nullity . |
| 7 | Mozart was no doubt a good Catholic , but his religion did not weigh heavily upon him . |
| 8 | But his talent did not go entirely unnoticed . |
| 9 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 10 | The Association did not achieve much in the way of concrete results but the reports stand up well to the passage of time . |
| 11 | My father had er , horses at that time and my uncle out at Holt , he had some horses they were talking about this one day and uncles would say well a horse did n't work nearly as hard with that road 's were nice and solid . |
| 12 | The Reverend 's side did not lose again , and silenced the handful of critics flushed out by that unanticipated defeat . |
| 13 | But that side did n't do so badly at all . |
| 14 | First , gathering , hunting , and fishing do not represent clearly different technological stages but always occur together so long as the environment permits the combination . |
| 15 | The approach used during the study did not follow strictly any prescribed format , but nonetheless made effective use of the soft systems ideas to produce results that were well received by the Principals of the participating Colleges . |
| 16 | The daylight did not penetrate far into the room where only his desk lamp was lit . |
| 17 | Fortunately , it usually happened that the rejected lover did not go away , and when at last the heroine was free , there he was , waiting still . |
| 18 | It was important that the brigade did not move too far forward too soon . |
| 19 | The industry did not shriek too loudly : the strength of demand over the next few years kept everyone reasonably happy . |
| 20 | This original approach to factory industry did not last long , as the workshops were converted into one factory in the 1860s , but the firm is still in business , in more modern premises , making their famous name-tapes among other things . |
| 21 | If , however , the authority to make appointments to the board of a nationalised industry did not reside solely in Government , but in part in trade unions as the instruments of industrial democracy , the Secretary of State could no longer be held responsible for the fitness of the board to discharge its functions ; and it would no longer be meaningful for Members to ask Questions , nor possible for Government to answer them constructively . |
| 22 | Dot did n't go near . |
| 23 | He wished his mouth did n't feel so dry — the air conditioning was hellish at this time of year , but the temperature and humidity without it would be even worse . |
| 24 | Her mouth did n't move so well at one side now , after that last turn . |
| 25 | Okay , bully things , possibly in , in isolation do n't mean very much , put them over there . |
| 26 | Luckily , this leprous condition did not last long , and the doctor 's visits grew less frequent as the child thrived . |
| 27 | Sam took Nutty and her team up in the car straight after the last lesson ; Nails had not been around which was just as well as the car did not hold more than five . |
| 28 | But as I thought then and it has proved since , it made a good story — The pump and towing car did not fare so lightly ; they caught the blast , we missed it . |
| 29 | He would of course require a pastoral call even if he did not — and his car did not bode well — look like the kind of man Peter might hope for , as a breath of fresh air on the PCC ; as a possible churchwarden in place of old Sir Francis Mayhew who said he 'd done fifteen years which was more than enough ; or even as a parishioner willing to raise the £25,000 that the diocesan architect had said would have to be spent on Loxford church roof within the next three years . |
| 30 | The car did n't glide forward , it jumped . |